Africa is a beautiful place, they say. The cradle of humankind, mecca for animal lovers, exotic and wild, with spectacular scenery. Ridden with disease, violence, poverty, and corruption. There’s no dearth of possible culprits to blame: bad luck, bad climate, … Continue reading →
David Haines, 44, father of two and aid worker captured in Syria, was beheaded by ISIS, as shown in a video released by the group. He had previously worked for aid groups in Libya and South Sudan. Haines’ killing was … Continue reading →
The families of James Foley and Steven Sotloff have complained about the Obama administration’s threats to prosecute them if they tried to ransom their loved ones. It is completely understandable why the families would be upset about this. How could … Continue reading →
Ben Domenech thinks Americans have remained consistently Jacksonian: Despite the opinion of elites on either extreme ”“ whether motivated by humanitarian or democracy project aims ”“ the fact is that, 13 years after 9/11, it’s remarkable how coherent and consistent … Continue reading →
My new post is up at Pajamas Media, “ISIS’ theater of evil and the thirst for blood.”
Continue reading →I remember reading some of Lee Harris’s essays post-9/11 and being impressed, but after that I lost track of him. So I missed his book Civilization and its Enemies: The Next Stage of History when it first came out in … Continue reading →
It’s significant that in the Western world it is the US and the UK that refuse to pay ransoms, and continental Europe that acquiesces. That’s another example of the Anglo-American link, and the European divergence. Obama may be yearning to … Continue reading →
The Michael Brown case has become a cause célé¨bre, much like the Zimmerman case in the scope of its fame and even worse in the extent of civil unrest it has caused. The Brown case has many other things in … Continue reading →
[UPDATE 11:00 PM: For anyone who thinks Foley was a terrorist sympathizer, or that he was not a courageous man, please read this tribute from a fellow-writer and American named Herschel Smith. It begins: Journalist James Foley (he corresponded with … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Geoffrey Britain] Fox News is now reporting that Darren Wilson was severely beaten by Michael Brown during their confrontation: Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer whose fatal shooting of Michael Brown touched off more than a week … Continue reading →
…and prepare to die if you fail to obtain it. It is reported that Michael Brown went for Darren Wilson’s gun, and almost got it. We don’t know if that is true, but if it is, it would have been … Continue reading →
Beginning last night I noticed I was getting about two and a half times my usual traffic. As usual when I get a traffic uptick, I checked my sitemeter. Instead of finding a link from some larger blog, I saw … Continue reading →