And even Robert Fisk notices: The Diab family can never return to Maaloula [Syria]. Not since the Christians of this beautiful and sacred town saw their Muslim neighbours leading the armed Nusrah Islamists to their homes. Georgios remembers how he … Continue reading →
A few days ago I used the term “barbarism” in reference to the Nairobi mall attack. It’s the proper one. And this is an excellent article making a similar point—by a writer who appears to be a liberal, yet. But … Continue reading →
Here’s a story about the heroic actions of a guy named Abdul Haji at the Nairobi mall massacre scene. Note the photo of the two rescuers with the guns; it’s a graphic demonstration of how guns are neither good nor … Continue reading →
I suggest you think long and hard before clicking on this link about the extreme barbarism with which the terrorists at the Nairobi mall treated their victims, because it contains some of the most disturbing information you will ever read. … Continue reading →
Sparked by the Aaron Alexis case, Ann Coulter wrote a blistering piece excoriating liberals for deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill: But liberals won’t allow the dangerous mentally ill to be committed to institutions against their will. (The threat of commitment … Continue reading →
I hope so. Kenyan President Kenyatta says so: Kenya’s president said on Tuesday that his forces had “defeated” Islamists from Somalia’s al Shabaab, had shot five of them dead and detained 11 others suspected of killing 67 people after storming … Continue reading →
British journalist Simon Jenkins writes up a perfect storm of useful idiocy: There is nothing anyone can do to prevent suicide bombers hitting civilian populations. The slaughter of Christians in Peshawar this weekend showed that wherever crowds gather they are … Continue reading →
The Nairobi mall attack has conjured up memories of the first terrorist attack I ever remember: the Lod airport massacre. You may never have heard of it—or of Lod airport, for that matter, which is in Tel Aviv and was … Continue reading →
Islamist terrorists continue to hold hostages at the upscale Nairobi mall that was the scene of carnage Saturday. No one knows how many people are being held by the terrorists, but one estimate of the missing is 63. Information is … Continue reading →
There has been an attack by gunmen at an upscale Nairobi mall, killing at least 30 and wounding countless more. Hostages have also been taken. An al Qaeda-linked Somalian-based group has claimed the credit—or the blame, depending on your outlook. … Continue reading →
…this certainly doesn’t sound like “hunting” to me: The gunman who slaughtered 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard stalked his victims as if he was “hunting” them, officials said Thursday as they painted a chilling portrait of how the … Continue reading →
I’ve often heard it asked (and often wondered myself) how often guns prevent the death of innocents rather than cause them. This article doesn’t answer that question. But it offers nine instances where it happened.
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