Coptic priest Zakaria Botros fights fire with fire. by Raymond Ibrahim National Review Online Though he is little known in the West, Coptic priest Zakaria Botros — named Islam’s “Public Enemy #1” by the Arabic newspaper, al-Insan al-Jadid— has been making waves in the Islamic world. Share This
The Saudi king ought to stop killing non-Muslims first. by Raymond Ibrahim National Review Online According to the Associated Press, Saudi King Abdullah, in an unprecedented move last week, “made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians, and Jews” — going so far as to refer to the latter two as “our brothers.” Share This
The understand the disgraced governor, brush up your Aristophanes. by Bruce S. Thornton City Journal Commentators are already calling the rise and fall of New York governor Eliot Spitzer “tragic.” Share This
Does Obama really think he settles racism with relativism? by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Barack Obama’s attempt to defuse the crisis in his presidential campaign caused by videos of his “spiritual mentor’s” bigoted sermons has been spun as “the most significant public discussion of race in decades,” as The New York Times gushed. Share This
by Craig Bernthal Private Papers Temperance is not high in the current list of American virtues. We are the 9th most obese people on earth, according to the World Health Organization, with 74% of American’s over 15 identified as overweight. Share This
Biblical meaning of Amalek not lost. by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers During the eulogy of the eight slain students of the March 6 terrorist attack at Mercaz HaRav yeshiva school in West Jerusalem, highly-respected Rabbi Ya’akov Shapira made, for the average gentile, a rather illusive allusion regarding the attack: Share This
The Swiss newspaper Junge Freiheit interviews VDH Private Papers JF: Professor Hanson, you criticize U.S. immigration policy in your recent bookMexifornia. What is it that bothers you about the development at the Southern border? Share This
Merit takes second place to gender and religion by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers When all the political sophistry is said and done, there is no denying that the claim to fame of the Democratic Party’s two superstar candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, is that the one is a woman, the other black and from
What’s in a word? by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The war against Islamic jihad continues to be compromised in the West by the dominant narrative that supposedly makes sense of the conflict. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services 2007 reminded us that our easy way of life comes at a price, and that there are consequences and tradeoffs in almost everything we do. Let’s go down the list. Share This