International Political Will

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 [...]

In light of Senator Harry Reid’s racist remarks about Obama (get it – in “light” of!), and Rush Limbaugh’s overt racist comments about Haiti, I bring you: “Racism: Bollywood Edition.”
When President Obama was elected, it was hailed in India as a sign of racial equality - as if it were some kind of achievement on [...]

Thank God for Jimmy Carter.
But I still have to wonder why it’s Carter’s job to report facts – wasn’t that supposed to be the job of journalists?
After the “9/12” protests last week, the news media tried to convince us that this represented a legitimate argument again Obama’s policies. We were told these were “real” fears [...]

Two weeks after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai by Islamic militants shocked the world, a bomb outside a bank in a quiet suburb of Salem, Oregon, killed two law enforcement officers and seriously wounded a third.
The suspect has been charged with murder, manufacturing and possession of a dangerous device, assault, and conspiracy. Although the suspect [...]

On ABC’s This Week, conservative columnist George Will blamed the financial crisis on poor black people:
“[W]e had regulation in effect…that would criminalize as racism and discrimination if you didn’t lend to nonproductive borrowers…to rig the housing market because the market would not have put people in homes they could not have afforded.”
This reason for the [...]