We hear an awful lot that Islam is a religion of peace. And I know some who fit that description. Yet countries that have near 100 percent Islamic population – Afghanistan, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen – seem anything but peaceful. So why are we privy to frequent news reports of Islamic terrorist attacks, suicide bombings, insurgent uprisings […]
The silver screen is infamous for featuring bumbling intelligence agents who hoard sensitive information from local agencies. This is not too far from the truth when it comes to the bloodbath at Ft. Hood. Consider the FBI monitored email exchanges released Saturday in the Washington Post. True to Oscar Wilde’s quote, “Reality imitates art far […]
Some neighborhoods grow flowers. Others grow gardens. And still others tend to a virulent crop: homegrown jihadists. Take John Allen Muhammad for instance. Muhammad is the notorious DC sniper who mowed down at least 10 people in his path. He terrorized the greater part of DC, even turning his .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle (the civilian version of the […]
Some scenarios in life just don’t make sense. Consider how you would feel if your surgeon botched your routine procedure due to his undisclosed case of Parkinson’s? Or that after drilling on your cavity for nearly two hours your dentist apologizes while saying she will soon undergo double cataract surgery? Or what if the US […]
