And yet we endlessly hear about "Islamophobia," as if Muslims were huddled in their homes, cowering in the darkness as roving bands of Islamophobes marauded outside, throttling any hapless Believers who dared to stray outside. In reality, Jews are far more likely to be victimized in hate attacks — and…
Oh, really? And when did these "blind" terrorists bomb a mosque? This statement by Mubarak is just more avoidance of the real problem. "Mubarak blames ‘foreign hand’ for church attack," from AFP, January 1: Cairo: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused "foreign hands" of carrying out a deadly New Year’s day…
The U.S. has spent and will continue to spend billions on the assumption that poverty causes jihad terrorism, but again and again over the years we have posted studies that show that jihadis are generally better educated and wealthier than their peers. Here is yet more evidence. The Economist, of…
"Basking in their nefarious success in Jos on Christmas Eve, they have once again knifed at the heartstrings of a nation decked out in gaiety, celebrating New Year’s Eve," said Goodluck Jonathan. But what will he do to root the jihadists out of Nigeria? In that he will get little…
This article was originally published by Salon on March 23, 1998. David Brock is famous once again. In the April Esquire, and in countless television interviews, the slayer of Anita Hill, the outer of “Paula,” the relentless scourge of sanctimonious liberals goes down on his knees to plant an unlikely kiss on the presidential posterior. [...]
The Top 11 Things We’d Like to See in ’11 (Or, the Top 10 Things We’d Like to See + 1 I’d Like to See)
Meet the new year, same as the old year. "Car bomb hits church in Egypt, 21 killed," by Yasmin Saleh and Marwa Awad for Reuters, January 1 (thanks to Zulu): CAIRO (Reuters) – A car bombing outside a church killed 21 people in Egypt’s northern city of Alexandria as worshippers…
