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I am John Galt! No, wait! I am John Frum! In all (or at least some) seriousness, anyone who knows me well will understand how much I appreciate a cult that 1) causes South Pacific islanders to maintain their customs rather than submit to missionarie… more »

Thanks to Christopher for sending this along This news story puts into further perspective Jimmy Carter's most recent ant-Semitic book, about which I have recently posted a couple of articles. The article further shows, or at least implies, that Ca… more »

Here's a fascinating article.... Commodities and Islam, the start of something big (Reuters, 12/8/06) http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=fundsNews&storyID=2006-12-08T094742Z_01_NOA835121_RTRUKOC_0_FINANCIAL-ISLAMIC-COMMODI… more »

Yet another example of silly if not psychotic Islamic reactions to the daily life of civilized people: Is Apple Computer Insulting Islam? by Kemal Silay, TCS Daily 11/14/06 http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=111406A more »

On Thursday, a Danish court threw out a civil libel suit brought by Muslim groups against the newspapers that printed "the cartoons", after the government declined to bring criminal charges. The reaction of Muslims is telling. From a BBC article on th… more »

see "Cleric 'should go for rape comments'" (The Australian, 10/26/06) http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20647517-1702,00.html At least there is a government somewhere which recognizes the equivalent of "The Constitution is not a suic… more »

I've been traveling and haven't had time to write a piece for today, so instead let me refer you to this very interesting article in the Philadelphia Inquirer entitled "Post-9/11 conflicts rooted in history". Author Jonathan Last makes the case that I… more »

Adeodatus responds to a reader of this blog... I think you have some misconceptions about Christians and Christianity. It also sounds like you agree with the Pope’s speech but perhaps you’ve not read it in its entirety? Let me address misconception… more »

Following an article last week by guest author "Aeodatus" about Muslims again missing the point regarding the Pope's speech, I received a comment from a reader and then a response to that reply from Aeodatus. I think the discussion is informative:… more »

Thanks to a reader for this link... Islam and Western Democracies Speech Given by Cardinal George Pell Archbishop of Sydney, February 2006 at the Legatus Summit, Naples, Florida U.S.A http://www.sydney.catholic.org.au/Archbishop/Addresses/2006… more »