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Libel tourism

By phil ⋅ November 9, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

So, we have a new phenomena, libel tourism. This is where wealthy Saudis travel to England or another nation which has strict “anti-defamation” laws, and files suit against authors who simply tell the truth about aspects of Islamic society. Something we forget about the so-called democracies in Europe is that they do [...]

WMD Redux

By phil ⋅ November 3, 2006 ⋅ 10 comments

Was Saddam a year away from having a nuclear weapon? The New York Times seems to think so… and blames the Bush administration for (gasp!) releasing sensitive material to prove it. (No, not a Karl Rove October surprise… the material has been out there for months… the NYT just noticed… [...]

Does God laugh?

By phil ⋅ November 3, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

Some Christians have no sense of humor. It’s really very sad.
Here’s the cure.

Lifting the veil

By phil ⋅ October 23, 2006 ⋅ 9 comments

A recent conference pointed up the problem of the treatment of women in Islam:
“The keynote speaker, Syrian-American psychiatrist Wafa Sultan, an outspoken critic of Islam, described an “honor killing” of a young Middle Eastern woman that occurred with the help of her mother. In a later exchange, another participant, Libyan journalist Sawsan Hanish, argued that [...]

Protest this

By phil ⋅ October 17, 2006 ⋅ 19 comments

Save Darfur is an organization that seems to be trying to stimulate UN action.
This is your basic heartbreaking situation.
Read the link, and see if you can tell me the missing word or words that would make sense of it all.
The word or words will explain why it’s happening, and why it seems impossible to get [...]