A Stanton For the Saudis- December 18, 2007 "A court in country X sentenced a black man who had been severely beaten by white men to six months in jail and 200 lashes."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/17/AR2007121701598.html?nav=r... A Vanishing Fantasy- December 11, 2007 If for nothing else, we should be grateful to John and Anne Darwin for bringing the excellent word "pseudocide" back into wider public use. For those who don't follow the British press as closely as they should, John Darwin is a canoeist who paddled off into the North Sea in 2002 and was presumed dead after the remains of his canoe washed ashore. Last week, he walked into a police station in Hartlepool and announced he had amnesia. "I think I am a missing person," he declared.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/10/AR2007121001557.html?nav=r... Teddy Bear Tyranny- December 4, 2007 What do a British novel, a papal speech, some Danish cartoons and a Dutch movie have in common with . . . a teddy bear If that sounds like the beginning of an elaborate after-dinner-speech joke, it isn't. All of the above have at one time or another sparked serious confrontations between the Islamic world and the West, causing major riots (Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses"); attacks on churches ( Pope Benedict's foray into Byzantine history); mass boycotts (Danish cartoon depictions of...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/03/AR2007120301621.html?nav=r... |