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November 1st, 2014 - 7:00 pm § in Religion

Bill Maher, Ayan Hirsi Ali, Islamic Bigotry, and Liberal Hypocrisy

We are in the midst of a period of false outrage (especially on Fox News) combined with liberal hypocrisy. A good  example of this furor in the right wing webosphere reporting on a story about an Islamic school in Toronto where pre schoolers were being instructed in the finer art of beheading.[...]

May 6th, 2014 - 8:30 am § in Misc.

Given Brandeis’ treatment of Ayan Hirsi Ali, I suggest that the University now has an obligation to join with Ms. Ali and call for her to speak out on campus.

Lagos, Nigeria – Nigerian Girl Describes Kidnap, 276 Still Missing Lagos, Nigeria – The girls in the school dorm could hear the sound of gunshots from a nearby town. So when armed men in uniforms burst in and… Read More » Eight more Nigeria girls abducted Suspected Boko Haram mili[...]

January 25th, 2015 - 9:34 am § in Hypocrisy, Politics, Religion

A Rational Response to the War With Islam

Dissent Magazine has a wonderful effort by its former editor, Michael Walzer, to define a rational basis for liberals to responds to Islamic extremism. There is too much in the essay to quote piecemeal.   The best I can do on TA is offer the summary and a link. “As I’ve already acknowledge[...]

October 23rd, 2014 - 4:09 am § in Hypocrisy, Israel/Palestine, Schools & Colleges

BRANDEIS: A Failure of Honor as a Pakistani woman is stoned to death

The politically correct administration at Brandeis must share in the blame for this “honor” killing.  A 25-year-old  pregnant Pakistani woman was stoned to death  in front of a courthouse last July,  She was killed by her father and brothers because she had insulted the family by [...]

June 25th, 2014 - 10:06 am § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: ISLAMIC TERROR IN NIGERIA

Nigeria extremists abduct 91 people Victims said to include 60 girls and women and 31 boys. Local official confirms abductions, but security forces deny them. Maybe it is time for Brandeis to apologize? Boko Haram ‘abducts many women’ Nigerian bomb blast kills at least eight[...]

June 10th, 2014 - 8:35 am § in America, Jews

European Anti Semitism

    Bernard-Henri Lévy , has written a powerful essay on European anti Semitism published at the Daily Beast The essay is very powerful, focused on the hypocrisy of Belgium and France in dealing with the all too real problem of Islamic fanatics.  As horrible as Islamic anti Semitism is, [...]

May 5th, 2014 - 8:11 am § in Jews, Misc.

Why Brandeis Was So Wrong

  Brandeis rescinded its offer of an honorary degree to Ayan Hirsi Ali because of protests that her criticism of Islam was extreme. Listen to what the mothers in Nigeria have to say.[...]

May 3rd, 2014 - 11:34 am § in Misc.

Rutgers’ Commencement Speaker, Condi Rice, Shamed by Protests, Backs Out

Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencementNEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) – Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War. Rice said in a stat[...]

April 22nd, 2014 - 5:03 pm § in Misc.

Politically Correct: Of Brandeis and Brunei

After Brandeis Reneged on an Honorary Degree to Ayan Hirsii Ali Because She  Compares Islam to Other Forms of Intolerance, Brunei Shows the True Colors of Islam Today the sultan of tiny Brunei enacted Sharia as the national law of this tiny country. Sharia will be extended to Brunei’s 40,000 Chri[...]

April 10th, 2014 - 9:21 am § in Misc.

Buchenwald 33. Brandeis should be ashamed.

This week, 70 years after the liberation of Buchenwald, Brandeis University has brought shame on itself. This shame, a shame to all the Jewish people, comes from the decision of the University to withdraw an offer of an honorary degree to Ayan Hirsi Ali; the offer was withdrawn, because Ayan Hirsi A[...]