Jihad or copycat — in any case, an enemy of diversity. “Suspicious Note and Package at Fort Benning,” by Ashley Ball for WRBL.com, November 23 (thanks to Matt): Fort Benning investigators are launching an investigation into a suspicious note and package found last week on post. News 3 spoke to…
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From Phyllis Chesler today at Pajamas Media:
These photos show what happens to real women who wear the Islamic Veil. The photos depict horrifying hate and the unbearable suffering it inflicts upon female innocents. The photos were taken by Emilio Morenatti of the Associated Press. The text is based on work done by Nicholas Kristof—one of [...]
For the entire NEA profile, click here. Selected highlights from the NEA profile: Based in Washington, DC, the 3.1 million-member National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the United States. It represents public school teachers and support personnel; faculty and staffers in colleges and universities; retired educators; and college students preparing to become [...]
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We’ve covered the dawah buses that appeared in various cities a few months ago, but has anyone seen anything like this white truck? In “A Different Kind of Ice Cream,” November 23, the estimable Baldilocks recalls a strange visitor to her Los Angeles neighborhood: [...] At midday, I was in…
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In an interview today with WTOP-FM in Washington, DC, former CNN host Lou Dobbs hinted at a future in politics – maybe all the way to the White House.
The website loudobbsforpresident.org, launched in January 2009 to draft Lou Dobbs for a presidential bid and Dobbs, post-CNN, seems to be warming up to the idea.
“Lou Dobbs [...]
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Mamoun Fandy doesn’t discuss the Koranic roots of taqiyya (3:28; 16:106), which make this something that is sometimes used by Sunnis as well as Shi’ites, and he seems to continue to be a bit naive about trusting Iran, but this is nevertheless an unusually full discussion of a concept that…
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Today’s state-oriented liberalism, we are often told, was the inevitable extension of the pre–World War I tradition of progressivism. The progressives, led by President Woodrow Wilson, placed their faith in reason and the better nature of the American people. Expanded government would serve as an engine of popular goodwill to soften the harsh rigors of [...]
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FPI Fact Sheet: The case for a fully resourced counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan | Foreign Policy Initiative.
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Our old friend Raymond Ibrahim explains the Islamic doctrines in play in Nidal Hasan’s jihad at Fort Hood, and the cost of ignoring them. “Nidal Hasan and Fort Hood: A Study in Muslim Doctrine,” by Raymond Ibrahim for Pajamas Media via Middle East Forum, November 18: One of the difficulties…
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