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In keeping with my vow to make use of my many abandoned drafts, here's a...

Time to clean out my "drafts" folder, for better or for worse.

If you think you have it bad, read this simply heart-breaking article in McClatchy on...

Doing some reading on the latest outbreak of anti-Eid Stamp hysteria, I arrived at a...

Life has been conspiring to prevent me from blogging--or even sitting down to reflect, for...

I recently read David L. Holmes' The Faiths of the Founding Fathers, which I heartily...

Reading the tributes to the late (and great) Ted Kennedy from leaders on the Right--including...

A hearty "Ramzan mubarak" to one and all.

Speaking of Christianity--not to mention Dustin's post--I often listen to the BBC''s podcasts and happened...

There's a piece by Ishaan Tharoor in Time entitled, "Can Sufism Defuse Terrorism?"

I've gotten some complaints about talking down to fans of Spencer. Not my intent. Certainly,...

In non-Robert Spencer related news, I just noticed that the "Muslim" murderer of French Jew...

I posted a new comment to the labrynth of comments on the Spencer/ALA controversy mentioned...

Speaking of the way people interpret behavior based on their shared religious background (or lack...

Look at this creepy scene of jihadi role playing. This Islamic obsession with all things...

First, an anti-abortion fanatic gunned down an abortion doctor (and in the latter's own church,...

Sh. Faraz Rabbani at Seeker's Digest made a wonderfully thought provoking connection between President Obama's...

A light bit of news  from the Af-Pak neck of the woods. Aussie troops in...

Fabled fleshpot Dubai is prosecuting a British woman for cheating on her husband. Yes, I...

A rabbi commited to Muslim-Jewish dialogue, Amy Eilberg, reflects insightfully on how MSM coverage of...

[Just noticed this post from a year ago languishing in my "drafts" folder. Better late...

It's hard to keep up with all the horrifying news out of Pakistan these days,...

Some Muslim readers were taken aback by my blunt dismissal of Ahmadinejad as an "ass"...

Damn this selfish idiot. And damn this conflict for giving demagogues like him populist credibility...

For a fleeting moment, modern society's soul-deadening din of narcissism and superficiality is drowned out...

Meant to say so yesterday, but barely touched the computer, so a belated but no...

I'm sorry, I just can't resist. It's just too entertaining.National Geographic News: Chimps Trade Meat...

The irony. I wonder just how off target these mihrabs are. BBC NEWS | Middle...

Just read about the fascinating and inspiring case of a former Klansman who recently sought...

I rarely have anything positive to say about the Gulf, but you must give Dubai...