James Foley Prayed, But He Was Not a Martyr
One of many of the unbecoming habits of career non-believers is the mockery of prayer….
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It’s Theology, Not Baseball: Misunderstanding Iraq’s Sectarian Conflicts
Nothing is as conducive to global radical mobilization as an exclusive theological summons.
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10 Years Later: An American Muslim Looks Back at Iraq
Ten years on, as the experts who pushed for a disastrous war remain experts, it remains unclear why it ever happened. Was it just racism? Who, after all, does not plan for the day after a war? I plan out what I am going to do when I drive up to New York to see friends and family. Maybe the rest of the world decided to move on while we floundered about, amazed that just because we dreamed something, it could not come to pass.
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Why 9/11 Changed Everything Nothing
The cliché that 9/11 “changed everything” is nowhere less true than in the post-9/11 impulse to declare war immediately. War was a choice as well as an echo: a choice Americans made, and an echo of how Americans have made decisions in times of previous conflict.
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In The Daily Beast, Niall Ferguson Says: Bomb Iran
Ferguson always manages to discover himself at the head of the next great cause; how convenient for him, and for whole countries.
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The Garden of Eden: A Dull Place? Paradise Lust Author Explains…
A conversation with Brook Wilensky-Lanford, author of Paradise Lust: Searching for the Garden of Eden.
Read MoreTurkey and Egypt: Islam’s Future?
If Egypt’s democracy takes hold it will, along with Turkey, help elbow out the Islamist movements we’re used to hearing about.
Read MoreChristmas Candy Jesus, Black Magi, Jewish Xmas
RD thinks the 73% of Americans who celebrate a Jesus-less Christmas are just fine.
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Pox Americana: Franzen’s Tragic Vision
There is nothing small-bore or contemptible about a novel that explores the wonder and heartbreak of romantic love against the distant thunder of imperial warfare.
Read MoreWhat Obama’s Speech Lacked
No president could ever tell this truth and hope to stay in office.
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