When the Almighty Delivers

It's absurd to say that the terrorism sponsored by ISIS and al-Qaeda has nothing to do with Islam. Obviously it has. They tell us this themselves when they speak of their war against the Crusaders (though there hasn"€™t been a Christian Crusade against Muslim states for centuries), and the terrorists themselves proclaim that they are acting in the name of Allah. On the other hand, it's equally absurd to pretend that we are at war with Islam and the Muslim world. Islam, like Christianity, is a broad church, and its sacred books"€”the Koran and the hadiths"€”are as capable of diverse ...

Terrorism & ‘The True Believer’

“A mass movement,” wrote Eric Hoffer in “The True Believer,” “appeals not to those intent on bolstering and advancing a cherished self, but to those ...

The Drifting Capital of Terror

The printer cartridge bombs which nearly blew up U.S.-bound commercial jets have turned Sana"€™a, Yemen, into the new world terror capital. Terror, which the United States ...

Do They Still “€œHate Our Freedom”€?

Wait a second—might the terrorists in Mumbai have had actual political objectives? Are you suggesting that they don’t just hate freedom and wealth? Who has ever heard ...

Who Guards the Guardians?

The Supreme Court has provided another nail in the coffin of executive war powers in its recent opinion on the rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees.  Earlier decisions by the ...


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