Going by FOX News and their cadre of extremist Judeo-Christian ideologues that pose as “journalists” (Bill Kristol, Sarah Palin, Karl Rove, et. al.), one might believe certain myths are true:
Islam is a violent religion.
Muslims are terrorists (but not Joe Stack).
Isolated in the U.S., where contact with Muslims is rare (or non-existent), it’s difficult to find [...]
Foolishly, for years I assumed “globalization” meant the spread of ideas, commerce, communication, and interaction between people around the world. I thought the shared experience of movies, fashion, and eventually language could overcome cultural and religious differences. I believed that it signaled a new era for mankind – that people would have friends in different [...]
Why would Afghan elders “tip off the Taliban” that U.S. soldiers were in their village?
On Monday night, NBC Nightly News had the perfect opportunity to answer this question that is at the root of our military failures in Afghanistan. They had the chance to produce a piece of journalism that could have helped shape U.S. [...]
Watching, reading, listening, and even trying to actually decipher the media’s coverage of Iran’s elections is becoming an exercise in blissful ignorance, simplistic dichotomies, and pure unadulterated stupidity.
One might be led to believe that Ahmedinejad is a long-entrenched, all-powerful dictator with a history of rigging elections, in the mold of Mugabe or Mubarak (oops, Mubarak [...]
They’re starting them off young.
During an elementary school visit on Sunday, a fourth-grader came up with a question for former NSA/Sec of State Condoleezza Rice. And it wasn’t just any question. In fact, it was the kind of question that should have put so-called “journalists” to shame.
The student, Misha Lerner, wanted to ask: “If you [...]