The current riots in France are another indication that Europe is having difficulty dealing with a long-neglected problem: its huge and largely unassimilated Moslem immigrant population (originally of immigrants but now including their European-born children), bulging in its belly like … Continue reading →
Via Bookworm, this article from the American Thinker seems to be agreeing with me about the basically leftist, as opposed to the basically anti-Semitic, orientation of some anti-Israel pro-Palestinian Christian ministers (boy, that’s a mouthful!). Author James Lewis writes: The … Continue reading →
At American Digest, Gerard van der Leun has written an interesting piece on prayer and why it isn’t often answered in the way people might want (and sometimes even expect) it to be. Reading it brought to mind an article … Continue reading →
In the May 30th issue of the New Yorker, Hendrik Hertzberg’s “Comment” piece on the Newsweek incident contains the following phrase that caught my eye: We have to be respectful of Muslim sensibilities and Muslim beliefs… Which brings me to … Continue reading →
Ever since I heard about the violent reaction to the Newsweek Koran story, a little bell has been going off in the back of my head. One of those things that says, “This is familiar. This reminds me of something. … Continue reading →
Every now and then, some small fact grabs my attention and piques my curiosity. Last night, it was the rules for selecting the next pope. I had always perceived the Vatican to be one of the last and greatest strongholds … Continue reading →
I join so many others in saying: Pope John Paul II, rest in peace. I wanted to write something about Pope John Paul II, although I’m not a Catholic. The picture that keeps coming to my mind is what he … Continue reading →