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Sometimes, It’s Best to Bite my Tongue
The rage inside me would express itself in a blast of hostility this morning. I am seething over so many things. The shooting of American troops by the Afghan police they’re trying to train, for...
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Only Fools Rush in When it Comes to the Mideast
The old war horses are at it again, pressuring the president to intervene in Syria. And blood-soaked media reports provide overwhelming support for the argument that America has a moral obligation to...
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The UN Steps in – Sort of
I suppose striking at the pocketbooks of terrorists is an effective tactic over the long term, but how I wish the UN could get its act together and become a real world police force. The UN Security...
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War and Peace II
This won’t be as long as Tolstoy’s masterpiece and there will be no fresh insights. Everything old is new again, as the song says, so there’s nothing to add that you don’t already know. You know it...
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Terror in Canada’s Mosaic
Racism and religious intolerance are rampant throughout the world, yet when I lived in Canada, I saw just about every race and religion on earth living in harmony side by side. I saw a lot of ethnic...
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Ball is in Muslims’ Court
I commend those who defend the Muslim community in the wake of the horrific French terror attacks. And I think gestures like today’s unity march are very civilized. But the grim truth is that if the...
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Sins of Our Fathers
I confess: I had no idea where Mali is. I had to look it up when I read about the latest terrorist atrocity this morning. According to the news report, gunmen shouting Islamic slogans attacked a...
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The Evangelical Extremists
The Founding Fathers took the trouble to separate the state from religion in the US Constitution, but a resurgent political movement seems determined to turn the country into a theocracy. I am not...
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“Mormon Extremists”
If the armed protesters occupying a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon were Muslims, you would be reading about another attack by “Islamic extremists.” Instead these protesters are Mormons, so their...
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In the Service of Allah?
I know that Sayfullo Saipov (photo) didn’t notice the irony when he mowed down a crowd of strangers on a Manhattan bicycle path yesterday. He obviously wasn’t in a contemplative mood. But what on earth...
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