“Teaching counterterrorism operatives about obscure aspects of Islam without context, without objectivity, and without covering other non-religious drivers of dangerous behavior is no way to stop actual terrorists.”
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Unpromising Land
Benny Morris: Months ago, Ehud Barak predicted that Israel will face a “political tsunami.” Here it comes.
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For the Frog especially
If you’re going to do a music video-centered post, and don’t want to screw up the design and give me a headache, please do one or more of the following: Write an “Excerpt” and place it in the “Excerpt” box…
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Schreikasten – the plug-in that created the Wall substitute – ist kaput. Too much weird interaction with other plug-ins, and unpredictable action across browsers. Plus it may be what was vexing bob. And we don’t like to vex bob any…
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aside on asides
everything else aside, I just wanted to see how this set-up formats an “Aside.”
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Re-Design
…just seemed like the time. I had to take some kind of break from the movie-thing thing, but I also haven’t done any work on the blog for a long time, after a year at least of making threats. Since…
Nanny Erdogan
Turkish Leader Urges Vote for Palestinian Statehood – NYTimes.com “The Turkish state is in its core a state of freedoms and secularism,” Mr. Erdogan said, explaining Turkey’s support for the Arab revolutions. “The world is changing to a system…
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Toward a Society of the Anti-Spectacle
Jonathan Bernstein asked for suggestions on 9/11 Reading/Viewing/Listening. I suggested: Gillespie THE THEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF MODERNITY Wright THE EVOLUTION OF GOD Lilla THE STILLBORN GOD Ansary DESTINY DISRUPTED (A History of the World through Islamic Eyes) Van Creveld THE TRANSFORMATION…
Gettin down to the real important stuff with Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson on Judah Maccabee, Christopher Hitchens, and Circumcision – Jeffrey Goldberg – Entertainment – The Atlantic One of the more brutish aspects of the Hannukah story was the decision by the Maccabees to forcibly circumcise assimilated Jews. Some Jews,…
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10 Years Later: Declare Victory and Resume History
RealClearWorld – 9/11 and the Successful War [I]nternational law has simply failed to address the question of how a nation-state deals with forces that wage war through terrorism but are not part of any nation-state. Neither criminal law nor…
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