On this, the thirteenth commemoration of 9/11, it's probably worthwhile to remind everyone that many Muslims are basically ashamed of the way their co-religionists are doing with ISIS, 9/11, etc. From my 2005/2010 post on the subject: It was a unique experience for my wife and I to attend the Arab Worldwide Evangelical Ministers Association …
The Tricky Part of the Caliphate
There's a good deal of bad news coming out of the Middle East these days, with the rise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq.  The continued existence of either or both is in question, although give their artificiality it's amazing they've lasted as long as they have.  In response to their brutality on Americans, Yazidis, Iraqi Christians …
The Disciples of Ayn Rand and the Disciples of Jesus Christ
There’s a great deal of kerfuffle over Ann Coulter’s article about Samaritan’s Purse physician Kent Brantly, his contracting Ebola in the course of treating it Liberia, his transport to the CDC in Atlanta and the cost associated with the entire process. Evidently she thinks him insufficiently patriotic to have gone to another place and fight …
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It's Easier to Vote When It Makes a Difference
@danbalz wonders why this keeps happening: The Center for the Study of the American Electorate (CSAE) recently issued a dreary summation about participation in the primary elections so far this year. Based on the 25 states that have already held their primaries, the report chronicled a pattern of voter indifference and, in some cases, record low turnout. I …
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Cold Blooded Politics: The Children's Immigration Mess
It seems that our political scene doesn't have many slow days anymore, and now we have a daily ration of news about children from Mexico and Central America arriving at our border for a new life. Â The Occupant doesn't want to see them for himself, lest the rest of us do the same via his …
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Hobby Lobby: Another Victory for Closely Held Corporations
In the middle of a victory for conscience, this: The Supreme Court ruled Monday that certain "closely held" for-profit businesses can cite religious objections in order to opt out of a requirement in ObamaCare to provide free contraceptive coverage for their employees. The whole business of closely held corporations has been lost in the predictable …
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Iraq's Unity Government, and Ours
The left tries to have a little fun with this issue: In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry stressed the importance of forming a unity government in Iraq but refused to commit to a timetable for creating one in the United States. Taking this in, al-Maliki …
Don't Level the Playing Field, Just Tilt the Table
I was surprised that the groups referenced even had to ask Eric Holder to do this: This week, 90 religious, educational, civil rights, labor, LGBT, women’s, and health groups signed a joint letter (full text) to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that the Office of Legal Counsel withdraw the Bush Administration's June 29,  2007 memo allowing faith-based organization …
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Tea Party Ivy-Leaguer Beats Eric Cantor
In the moderate panic (are people who are really moderates supposed to panic? Â isn't that for emotionalist extremists? ) this is easy to overlook about Dave Brat, the Roman Catholic economic professor who upset Eric Cantor in the Republican primary for his U.S. House seat: Brat, who is Catholic, got his masters from Princeton Theological …
The Russians Look for a Fistful of Yuan
And they may find it, too: Russian companies are preparing to switch contracts to renminbi and other Asian currencies amid fears that western sanctions may freeze them out of the US dollar market, according to two top bankers. "Over the last few weeks there has been a significant interest in the market from large Russian …
