In Islam, it is heresy to speak ill of Mohammad. In fact, it isn’t likely that the religion can be separated from the man. But unless we engage in some serious moral relativism, it is essential that the two be unhitched, else Islam truly may be an ugly, ugly thing… Related: the issue of abrogation…
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Bob Murphy NAILS IT: A well-known free-market economist recently submitted an essay to me, asking that I publish it on my blog. Let me reproduce a sample of it and then tell you how I answered him: The continuing slowness of economic growth in high-income economies has prompted soul-searching among economists. They have looked to…
DetailsA few notables floating around… I read a book about the VA recommended by a cousin. The book raved about how great the system was, and how we should socialize all medicine for the same reasons the VA works. Sounds like people are backpedaling from those types of generalizations now.But I did ask my cousin…
DetailsWe are not being attacked because Islam hates our freedoms. The truth is, it is blowback, from our shananigans abroad. Taken from the mouths of terrorists (what a dumb word) themselves, Glenn Greenwald points out: Attempted “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab upon pleading guilty: “I had an agreement with at least one person to attack…
DetailsAmIRight, right wingers, Obama, et al?! Did I say Muslims? I meant Americans: I read that 23 percent of the world’s population is Muslim, or 1.6 billion people. Whatever the number is, it’s large. How many are terrorists out to terrorize westerners and push them out of areas they consider to be Muslim areas? How…
Details…I swear. But some good columns have come out since 9/11 that I thought were worth blurbs: Rodney Balko at HuffPost notes the increased militarization of the police, which is an increased cost in both dollars and freedom points. Ignoramus right-statists continue to perpetuate the unwavering narrative that Muslims wish us harm for no reason…
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