In his annual message honoring Ronald Reagan’s birthday today, President Romney asked Americans concerned about Syria to remember that Ronald Reagan once called jihadi fighters in Checnia and Afghanistan “freedom fighters.” “Brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ought not to [...]
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President Romney to GOP: Do Not Close The Government
President Romney Warns Against Government Shutdown Threats WOLFEBORO, N.H. –The White House has released a speech the President gave last August Purging his fellow Republicans not to shut down the government over the funding for the Affordable Care Act. Mr. Romney jumped into the debate[...]
September 23rd, 2013 - 6:53 pm § in America
Assassinating a Scholar
Rightie Site Assassinates Muslim Scholar: This is awesome … on the left is Aslan and his CV garnered from two sources on the web. On the tight is the perversion of his credentials by the Daily Caller, a right wing site founded by Fox proteges including Tucker Carlson. You judge. Reza Aslan [...]
September 8th, 2013 - 5:00 am § in Jews
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The internet comes to the Day of Atonement
I received an email from my sister yesterday, calling me to use the upcoming Yom Kippur to resolve a family conflict associated with my Dad’s estate. In appealing to his memory, she made a mistake … I had to remind her that my Dad was a militant atheist as I am. I am sure that [&hellip[...]
August 2nd, 2013 - 4:58 am § in Politics
An Iranian View of the Syrian Rebels
Click the image to read Iran’s view. Who lost Syria? This may seem contrarian, but … the Iranian view is not all that different from other views of the revels as comprised of Taliban style radicals. Of course, Hazbolla hs no better and it is Hezbollah, backed by Iran that is fighting[...]
Fox News’ Lauren Green Attacks Scholar for Daring to Question Jesus
Bizarre, open bigotry by a “news” channel. Fox can not understand that Reza Aslan is a well respected scholar. Or perhaps thay want to promote Reza Aslan’s new book, “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.” How so? An interview conducted by Lauren Green on FoxNews.co[...]
September 27th, 2012 - 3:31 am § in America
COMMENTARY by SMS: Are we witnessing the rise of Islamic Demcracy?
The AP reported yesterday that Egypt’s new president Mohammed Morsi gave a very strong speech at the UN dedicating himself and his country to the end of the Syrian dictatorship. The first leader elected by the Muslim Brotherhood in an open election called on all nations to join an effort to st[...]
June 24th, 2012 - 10:56 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Egypt ELECTS a President!
EGYPT’S NEW ERA Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Declared Country’s New President After Years In The Shadows, Islamic Group Vows Islamist Democracy While many Jews and Americans are frightened of the word “Islamic” I am impressed with Reza Aslan’s argument that the extremis[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Political Diversity Sprouts in Libya.
Despite concerns of the UW’s own Ali Terhouni, Reuters reports hopeful signs in Libya that democracy has taken root. Terhouni, a former UW economist, returned to Libya as a member of the provisional government, but resigned in protest to organize a new political party. His party is now o[...]
Zealot .. a book about Jesus, called the Christ
I INTRODUCING “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” The new book from Reza Aslan From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that calls into question everything we thought we knew about [...]