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Here's a great article by Michael Young, who is opinion editor of The Daily Star in Lebanon and a contributing editor at Reason magazine. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/14/opinion/14young.html? more »

Americans generally have little appreciation for Israel’s situation, mindset, or importance. This lack of understanding causes Americans to underestimate the lengths and costs that Israel will (and should) go to in order to protect themselves. Israel… more »

The Freak responded to an article I posted about how Muslims should view their history by suggesting that "Islam might have matured into a tolerant religion but for the Ottoman infusion." I usually respond to such hypotheticals with this: "And if my a… more »

Guest posting by The Freak The US is alienating its allies in the international war on terror. It’s a stupid strategy. This is not happening because we’ve decided to take out Iraq or because of our tough stance in Iran; those in the international… more »

re "The Blogofascistas" (Matthew Yglesias, The American Prospect, 6/26/06) http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11678 To the Editor: Matthew Yglesias’s article about “The Blogofascistas” represents what i… more »

In a 5-3 decision overturning the DC Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court has ruled that an Al Qaeda terrorist (Hamdan, in this case) can not be tried by a special military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay. Justice Roberts recused himself because he was on t… more »

see "Russia 'to kill Iraq kidnappers'", BBC News, 6/28/06 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5125416.stm A muslim terrorist group in Iraq kidnapped and killed 4 Russians last week, after demanding a Russian pullout from Checnya and a release of p… more »

This is not going to be politically correct by any stretch of the imagination, but it needs to be asked: Why has mainstream media gone so far out of their way not to mention that the would-be terrorists in Miami were black? For those of you who think… more »

see "US defends secret money tracking" (BBC, 6/23/06) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5110282.stm Unlike most bloggers who are generally thought of as conservative (although I don't consider myself conservative), I had some real reservations abou… more »

PUBLISHED (but edited) in the LA Times, 6/13/06 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-tuesday13jun13,0,2621794.story re "Guantanamo's First Suicides Pressure U.S." (LA Times, 6/11/06) http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-… more »