Monthly Archives: February 2011

Tolerance, Lost

Cross-posted over at the Corner. As so often, ‘blasphemy’ is the excuse. Via AFP: A Muslim mob burned churches and clashed with police in Indonesia on Tuesday as they demanded the death penalty for a Christian man convicted of blaspheming … Continue reading

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Teachers?

Via the New York Times: Teaching creationism in public schools has consistently been ruled unconstitutional in federal courts, but according to a national survey of more than 900 public high school biology teachers, it continues to flourish in the nation’s … Continue reading

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Secular Egyptian Muslims are like Christian Reconstructionists

At Discover I report some of the attitudes in Muslim nations in relation to particular crimes or infractions against social mores: Support for harsh punishments (affirm action)   Stone adulterers Whip & amputate hands of robbers Death penalty for apostates … Continue reading

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Mormons, the communitarian conservatives?

From the Center-Left Jon Chait asserts: The entry of Jon Huntsman into the Republican primary field has created strong competition for what has to be a tiny number of Republican voters who want a nominee who’s both sane and Mormon…. … Continue reading

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Profiles in Cowardice

Cross-posted on the Corner: Via the Daily Telegraph: Baroness Ashton is under fire after the EU failed to agree on a statement condemning attacks on religious minorities in the Islamic world because it is not politically correct to use the … Continue reading

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Jon Huntsman’s great joke

Jon Huntsman’s 2012 Campaign Conundrum: Huntsman was extremely reluctant to discuss his Mormon faith, perhaps recognizing the irreversible damage it did to Romney’s 2008 effort among conservative Christians. He took pains to prove his ecumenical credentials, as it were, by … Continue reading

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