Reporting on the horrific persecution Christian minorities experience in the Muslim word is a “punishable” offense for Facebook, as that topic falls beneath the social media giant’s “standards.” That’s what I was told when I logged onto my Facebook account a few days ago. A box popped up saying, “This post goes against our Community Standards,” followed by, “Only you can … [Read more...]
Capability: The Secret behind World History
In many ways, Columbus Day, which recently passed, has become emblematic not just of the accusation that Columbus was a racist who inaugurated a genocidal campaign against the natives, but a reminder that virtually all Europeans preceding the great era of woke were horrible people. This conflation was especially on display during the summer of 2020, following the death of … [Read more...]
Cultural Blind Spot: Why America Failed to ‘Win Hearts and Minds’ in Afghanistan
In many ways, arrogant leftist thinking—indeed, the leftist paradigm in its entirety—led to the disaster that is Afghanistan. Many, especially those of Afghan background, have made this clear in the aftermath of America’s withdrawal. Consider the words of Baktash Ahadi, an Afghan-American who served as an interpreter for the U.S. military for years: How could Afghanistan … [Read more...]
Biden Administration Blocks Rescue of Persecuted Christians from Afghanistan
Gatestone Institute The Biden administration is preventing the rescue of persecuted Christian minorities from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, where they face certain and likely gruesome death. This information surfaced on August 26, 2021, during an interview between Glenn Beck and Tucker Carlson on Fox News. Through his charity, the Nazarene Fund, Beck had managed to … [Read more...]
King ‘Cherry-Picker’ Juan Cole Accuses Jihadists of Cherry-Picking the Koran
Juan Cole—an academic who excels at cherry-picking when not completely distorting the Koran—recently published an article that opens by, irony of ironies, accusing jihadists of “cherry picking” Koran verses to justify their terrorism: One of the great tragedies of the early twenty-first century is that the great civilization of Islam, over 1400 years old and with tremendous … [Read more...]