Bruce S. Thornton

Our Damocles’ Sword

Godless materialism menaces the fate of the West. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The past week Muslim mobs besieged Christians in Egypt, defacing six churches and threatening publicly the Coptic Church’s highest cleric. Share This

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The Folly of Apology

Americans need to muster the necessary grit to win. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The stories about the video of US troops burning the bodies of dead Taliban are disgusting––but not because of anything our troops may have done to the corpses of fanatical murderers. Share This

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An Honest Missive

Zawahiri boasts strategy for “victory of Islam.” by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The website of the Director of National Intelligence just published a letterfrom Al Qaeda’s number two leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head-terrorist in Iraq. Share This

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Sobriety Lost

How our newspapers create opinion and report it. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Imagine that you started receiving letters in the mail accusing your neighbor of being a child molester. Share This

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The Forbidden History

A Review of The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims edited by Andrew G. Bostom. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Four years after 9/11 the postmortem of that disaster continues to focus on the institutional failures of our intelligence agencies and government bureaucracies. Share This

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The Myth of Islam Busted

Review of The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims, ed. Robert Spencer by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers One of the greatest impediments in our war against jihadist terrorism is the misinformation, half-truths, and outright lies about Islam entertained by many of our public intellectuals. Share This

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Doublespeak Unveiled

Muslim “moderates” are true to spirit of Islam by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers As stalwart as the Bush administration has been in the current conflict with Islamic jihadists, judging from the op-ed in last Saturday’s New York Times by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, it still entertains dangerous illusions about

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Dishonest and Deadly

Why does the West entertain such a wrongheaded notion as multiculturalism? by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The news that the London terrorist attacks were carried out by second-generation Muslim immigrants should not surprise us. Share This

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