Ah, if newLISP had only dispensed with the "new" and "lisp" in its name, it might be viewed in an entirely different vein. Alas, it did not and thus nearly committed language seppuku. As to the language itself, as a casual programmer I very much like it. Its use is clear, it's well documented, and it's self-contained (and thus easily installed).
Not only its name; what it could have done without was all the posturing in the documentation about how it is better than previous Lisps, and renders them obsolete.