Monthly Archives: August 2008

  “Change” indeed         After viewing the text of Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, I can at last fathom the true meaning of his platitudinous mantra about “change.” It was articulated eloquently in 1971 by the despotic Latin … Continue reading →

Benny Morris may have imbibed large quantities of Prego’s (new Extra Zinfandel) pasta sauce, just prior to writing his review of “The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism” for The New Republic, because what he claims is “omitted”—“It’s In There The conclusion … Continue reading →

  Sistani is opposed to the long-term strategic agreement because it violates the Shari’a       An extended review of the Iraqi reaction to leaked information about a potential long-term strategic agreement with the US (which had been scheduled … Continue reading →

  For Our Elites, When It Comes to Islam, There’s Only Room For Rumi          The perspicacious Diana West sees the Russian invasion of Georgia through her unique prism and contrasts the immediate, blunt  reactions of our … Continue reading →

  Professor Ann Lambton, RIP     Hugh Fitzgerald drew my attention to recent obituaries for the late scholar Ann K.S. Lambton, February 8, 1912—July 19, 2008. The obituary in The  Independent included these summary details of her life and … Continue reading →

  Raden Adjeng Kartini: Debasing Her Memory       Having just read the Prologue (available here, not without irony, at a website whose name ends with “..Trashy Books”) to Sherry Jones “The Jewel of Medina,” one hopes (against hope) … Continue reading →

  Wanted: von Grunebaum’s nose for Islamic studies… Dialogue from “Sleeper”:   THIS IS OUR LEADER’S NOSE.  USING GREAT PRESENCE OF MIND, WE RUSHED THE NOSE TO OUR CLOSEST DELTA LABORATORY WHICH IS HERE WHERE, THROUGH MASSIVE BIOCHEMICAL EFFORT, IT … Continue reading →

More fruits of our utterly feckless diplomacy, which is Alien to successful prevention of Iranian nuclear weapons production, and may also serve the “needs” of Ahmadinejad’s chinless ophthalmologist guest in Tehran today, Syria’s Bashir Assad.       Ahmadinejad emerged … Continue reading →

From a Hamas poster glorifying the martyr who drowns the Zionists in blood (used as part of the cover art for Raphael Israeli’s seminal “Islamikaze”)   Key excerpts from the extended Haaretz interview with Christian convert Masab Yousef, son of … Continue reading →

Taking a page from William Tecumseh Sherman, who stated, “Courage — a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”       Congressman Brad (William Tecumseh) Sherman on the Scourge of Being Labeled … Continue reading →