FrontPage Magazine Are U.S. presidents charged with protecting American lives or protecting American vanity—especially when the two clash? Put differently, what’s more important: our security or our ability to “feel good” about ourselves? Consider the two leading presidential candidates’ positions on Muslim immigration after the Brussels terror attack. Donald Trump … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2016
Revive Clear Thinking and the Jihad Dies
Note: An earlier version of the following article was first published by PJ Media. Because it is my field of study, one would expect I’d have much to say immediately after jihadi attacks of the sort that recently occurred in Brussels (35 killed), or San Bernardino (14 killed), or Paris (130). Ironically, I don’t: such attacks are ultimately symptoms of what I do deem worthy … [Read more...]
Silence Over Genocide Is Unconscionable
Finger Lake Times, by Dan Hennessy “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” — Matthew 5:13 As far as human beings go, we’re not so very much unlike those who came before us and are probably not much unlike those who will … [Read more...]