A reader on the cartoons
From a comment by Muge Dreamer to a post here about the Mohammed cartoon. Even though i’m not that religious and all,as a Turkish muslim, i’d like to say that this whole cartoon issue is making me sick. First of…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month February 2006
These cartoons don’t defend free speech, they threaten it
From the Times of London I think, therefore I am, said the philosopher. Fine. But I think, therefore I speak? No way. Nobody has an absolute right to freedom. Civilisation is the story of humans sacrificing freedom so as to…
‘Cartoon’ blowback
‘Cartoons triggered Holocaust too: Let Europe learn from history’ Robert Seiple, the US government’s first ambassador for religious freedom, heavily criticized those who published the insulting cartoons of Prophet Mohammed and recalled, “Cartoons triggered the Holocaust, too.” Seiple serving as…
Yikes
Beware the Ides of March Osama bin Laden’s latest message. Most observers, including the White House, seem to have missed its significance. In it, bin Laden offered us a truce (an offer we should have accepted, if only to attempt…
Abramoff’s evangelical soldiers
The Nation details the Abramoff/Ralph Reed/Christian Right connections. Given this duplicitous den of thieves, it’s a challenge to determine who is the sleaziest. However, after due deliberation, Reed gets my vote, as he always piously wraps himself in the sanctity…