What just happened in that mall in Kenya? I know that shouldn’t be such a difficult question. But for a lot of people it apparently is because they just can’t grasp that ideas matter. Click here to read the rest.
In Victorian times they knew what to do when some jungle potentate committed atrocities: Send a gunboat. It worked but, we now realize, was presumptuous, even arrogant. So, in these enlightened multicultural times, we react to Syrian human rights abuses by … um… sending a gunboat. Click here to read the rest.
How did Egyptians get from celebrating the military departure from politics to celebrating its return in just two years? By not appreciating that self-government in the political sense depends on self-government in the personal sense. Click here to read the rest.
Syria's like this multiple choice test where all the answers are lousy. So you can understand the impulse to write in new ones. But that doesn't even work in math class let alone the Middle East. Click here to read the rest.
When a British soldier was slaughtered in London in broad daylight by people shouting Allahu Akbar, the British government typically threatened to crack down on illegal hate speech that is, in fact, already punished from anyone except Muslim extremists, while insisting there is no problem of Muslim extremism. It will not do. Click here to read the rest.
At last the Americans managed to get rid of the corpse of Boston Marathon alleged bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Somebody furnished an unmarked grave. But the whole issue makes me think we’ve gone nuts. Click here to read the rest.
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg told a press conference Monday that Americans have to give up some freedom to be safe from terrorism. Because some Canadians make the same argument it's important to see why it couldn't be more wrong. Click here to read the rest.
Justin Trudeau's knee-jerk "root causes" explanation of the Boston Marathon bombing, "there is no question that this happened because there is someone who feels completely excluded", certainly shows he's not ready for prime time. But the question of root causes would be interesting if the phrase were not clearly code for "it's our fault." Click here to read the rest.