Responses to Critics: Open Thread I don’t want to give the impression that I am unduly interested in the cottage industry that has grown up […]

DaVinci Code as Parable of American Modernity Despite the scowls and titters of the critics, the DaVinci Code did $77 million at the box office […]

50 Dead Maliki Vows to End Militias, Graft The civil war in Iraq killed 50 persons on Sunday, according to al-Zaman. Reuters managed to detail […]

Wikipedia Article Hijacked I fear I have never had the time to get up to full speed with regard to the Wiki world or the […]

CanWest and the Lobby A kind reader alerted me to this item about the present owners of the National Post that tried to float the […]

Libyan Blogger on US Relations with Tripoli A Libyan-American blogger on the US establishment of diplomatic relations with the Qaddafi regime.

Haaretz on Israeli Settlers: How Mean Can you Be? Israeli settlers in the West Bank have shot Palestinians, stolen their land, stolen their water, chased […]

Maliki Elected Prime Minister 56 Dead in Civil War Violence From al-Hayat [Life]: Nuri al-Maliki won a vote of confidence in the Iraqi parliament on […]

Doostdar on Iranian Dress Code Alireza Doostdar writes: ‘Thank you for debunking the lies about Iran requiring religious minorities to be “color-coded.” I just wanted […]