Category Archives: Essays

Diana West on Spencer and Me

 “Heat and Light” by Diana West (Posted in full from her blog)  This is a back story, not a story, that I tell to bring my own perspective to an unfortunate episode involving Andrew Bostom and Robert Spencer, two major, if … Continue reading

Updated (4/28/10): The Little King

This fine morning, what did I see? A Little King Plagiarist, running behind, desperately…to plagiarize me. From here (mostly), here, here, etc., etc. , etc. Update: The Little King Doth Protest My Original Posting According to Webster, there is no … Continue reading

Obama’s “Saturnine” Legacy for Our Children?

The Obama Manchild President continues apace his relentless attack upon our fundamental institutions—social, economic, military, and political. If not reversed soon, the most profound and lasting impact of this devastating assault will be experienced by our children. Francisco Goya’s “Saturno … Continue reading

Petraeus Passion: Shared by Max Boot and (Pan) Arabists Alike

One man’s (Boot’s) delusional/careerist passion, is another’s (Khouri’s) triumphal, strategic passion. My colleague Diana West has fully deconstructed the mendacious attacks upon her by Commentary Magazine blogger Max Boot, whose hero-worshipping, delusional  (and perhaps careerist?)  “mindset” renders it impossible for Boot  … Continue reading

All Islamic Things Not Considered at NPR

Philip Jenkins versus Tina Magaard: She’s alot more intelligent and honest, too… Tina Magaard, from her “Fjendebilleder og voldsforestillinger i islamiske grundtekster,” Acta Jutlandica : aarsskrift for universitetsundervisningen i Jylland. 82, no. 1, (2007): p. 221, (kindly translated by Fjordman)  “The … Continue reading

Silencing the Jews, Redux

Tarek Fatah—“Hardened Secular, Moderate Muslim” Antisemite Heir of Al-Maghribi My essay on Mr. Fatah’s diatribe against the Canadian Jewish community, and Jews at large, appears in Pajamas Media today. Fatah, hailed as “a paragon of secularism and moderation,” makes plain … Continue reading

Educating Charles Krauthammer on Islam—Again

Krauthammer’s “Take” on Islam and Wilders is the Wrong Take Last May, I blogged about Charles Krauthammer’s fundamental ignorance of mainstream, classical Islamic Law—evident in a naïve column he wrote discussing Hamas’ “truce offer,” which was oblivious to over a … Continue reading

Qaddafi, Wilders, and the Jihad Against Switzerland

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

Allen West—True Leadership at CPAC

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 Knows Jihad—The Enemy Ideology

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