Surprise: Local Press Does Good Job Covering Anti-Islam Campaigning…
… National news, not so good.
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Read MoreOn August 31, a few days before the opening of the current American-led Middle East peace talks in Washington, four Israelis were killed by Hamas operatives in the West Bank. Among them was a pregnant woman. This did not bode well for the future of the talks, about which there was already a great…
Read MoreIncident being investigated as possible hate crime.
Read MoreOur schizophrenic discussion of terrorism.
Read MoreTimes Square bomber doesn’t scare anyone.
Read MoreIn the post-Underwear Bomber debate will our civil liberties be further mortgaged to satisfy demands for increased national security?
Read MoreHaving publicly assured Tiller’s executioner that he acted in “righteousness and mercy,” affable Lutheran pastor Michael Bray, “chaplain” of Christian extremists, spoke with the author a few years back on why America is like Nazi Germany, why it’s okay to kill active abortion providers, and what he means when he says he’s “pro-choice.”
Read MoreThe so-called Christmas Bomber, a young Nigerian Muslim with a British education, was caught between wealthy westernized life and an inflexible religious ideal. His story summons a theory about how the radical narrative emerges, rises and dies
Read MoreDepends which of the 1.6 billion Muslims you ask. A new film seeks to give depth to Western perceptions of Islam. Too bad they didn’t make it to Asia.
Read MoreThe secular world, in confronting evil, has long relied on one solution: the use of coercive power to violently incapacitate those who do evil—often with “collateral damage.” Maybe it’s time to explore other options?
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