On Christmas Day, I like to recall the significance of Jesus and the nativity for Muslims. I’ve talked about Rumi, Attar, and other mystics. Today […]
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Report: Highest US Officials Responsible for Use of Torture (Plus Daily Show Video)
The political reality of the United States in the world is that of blowback. Blowback is a term of art in the intelligence community for […]
The New Muslim World: Dictators on Trial
The Muslim world has now witnessed several instances of a former dictator being exiled under threat of prosecution or actually being forced to appear in […]
Small Government: Texas Fertilizer Plant that blew up not inspected for years
The Texas fertilizer plant that suffered a massive explosion had not been subject to an OSHA inspection for many years. The current American obsession with […]
CNN Fail: Imaginary “Dark Males,” “Accents,” and “Arrests” Haunt Reporters
Between about 1:00 pm and 2:40 pm ET on Wednesday, April 17, the CNN news team was at the worst I’ve ever seen them. The […]
Top Ten Ways Islamic Law forbids Terrorism
Erik Rush and others who hastened to scapegoat Muslims for the Boston Marathon bombing are ignorant of the religion. I can’t understand why people who […]
Can the Boston Bombings increase our Sympathy for Iraq and Syria, for all such Victims?
The horrific bombings of the Boston Marathon produced inspiring images of a spirited, brave Boston refusing to be cowed. Some spectators surged forward toward the […]
How Washington Dropped the Ball on N Korean Nukes while Obsessing about Iran (McShane)
Michael McShane writes in a guest column for Informed Comment In a recent article published in the Wall Street Journal, Jay Solomon highlighted the disproportionate […]
Israel at 65: Welcome to the Neighborhood (Map)
Satire Israel (in red) is welcomed into the Muslim Middle East in 2013 Zionism: The theory that because murderous Nazis hated Jews in the 1930s […]
Gun “Control” “Legislation,” Parodied by Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live satirizes the minimalism of the gun registration bill proposed by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)