For a religion that is perpetually “misunderstood,” the consistency of Islam is remarkable. Consider how ostensibly diverse issues—complaints of “human…
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The Arab upheavals of 2011 have inspired wildly inconsistent Western responses. How, for example, can one justify abiding the suppression…
Several mainstream media “fact checkers” piled on to GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain after the latter reaffirmed his statements condemning…
With the name of the great author Charles Dickens, titles such as A Christmas Carol or Great Expectations frequently come to…
In recent weeks, China has been consumed by an unprecedented internal debate concerning a subject bound to make its Communist…
“Dexia” is not a word familiar to most Americans, and if told that it is a French bank in need…
There’s a widespread impression that the international financial system which the United States and its friends put in place after…
If my email is any indication, the great divide in our nation is not between the haves and the have-nots,…
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, was a giddy day for European politicians and global investors. European Union officials announced a plan…
What would have happened if, during the Cold War, Soviet intelligence had been responsible for training Americans charged with countering…