Category Archives: Essays

The Jihadist “Benign Eccentric” The Anti-Jihadist “Dangerous Demagogue” From my essay appearing today at Pajamas Media:  Muammar Qaddafi embodies such quintessential Islamic supremacism and belligerence — witness his call for jihad against Switzerland being validated by representatives of the entire … Continue reading →

Standing head and shoulders above the hollow poseurs at CPAC, Allen West imparted uncompromised wisdom on matters ranging from personal responsibility, to a clear-eyed defense against the existential threat of the global jihad.  West is a paragon of the humility … Continue reading →

Allen West for Congress…and Beyond? Thanks to Hillel Stavis for extracting, and posting this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGQmCZjJ0k&feature=player_embedded Speaking at a Hudson Institute New York forum panel (Wednesday January 13, 2010) on national security, Lt. Colonel Allen West answered a Marine’s query … Continue reading →

The third part and final installment of the three part series, “Jihad and Genocidal Islamic Antisemitism in Shi’ite Iran,” is now posted at Pajamas Media. Shiraz, the southern “hub” of Iranian Jewry, and its vestigial remnant dhimmi Jewish community.

The second part of the three part series, “Jihad and Genocidal Islamic Antisemitism in Shi’ite Iran,” is now posted at Pajamas Media. Shah Ismail I (d. 1524)—Founder of the Safavid Shi’ite theocracy, and inveterate Muslim Jew-hater.

“Jihad and Genocidal Islamic Antisemitism in Shi’ite Iran,” the first of a three-part series, begins today at Pajamas Media.

This past Thursday (1/14/10) I attended a briefing (an early iteration of the discussion contents are available here, entitled “To Our Great Detriment”) which elucidated in irrefragable detail  the Pentagon’s willful capitulation to the dictates of Islamically-correct interpretations of jihad … Continue reading →

Wittfogel: Totalitarianism is “…not checked by Beggar’s Democracy.” Karl Wittfogel (1896-1988) was an historian and sinologist. Early in his career, Wittfogel was a champion of Marxism—as an academic, playwright, and activist. By 1931, Wittfogel focused his efforts on fighting the … Continue reading →

The vocal stylings of Ayatollah Seyyid Ibn Pharteen, debuting his, “Ashoura Lura Lural, That’s a Shiite Lullaby” Audio produced and made available by Recorda Me Studios, at this link: http://www.archive.org/details/AshuraLuraLura The refrain: Ashoura Lura Lural Ashoura Lura Li Ashoura Lura … Continue reading →

Norman Rockwell’s “The Golden Rule”  “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets” Matthew 7:12