An Indonesian court (Indonesia being a country that will, apparently, bend over backward to appease its Islamic populace) has recently reduced the sentence of Abu Bakar Bashir, a key figure in the attacks on Bali in 2002. In a recent interview, he explained the conditions of peace from his perspective:
SA: What can the West, especially [...]

Thanks to Greg Palast, George Galloway’s new moniker is “Swamp Thing”.
If you missed the debate between him and Christopher Hitchens, you can listen to it here (alternate download site here). Many, many thanks go out to Liz Ard for the recording, which is of great help to those of us (namely, me) whose internet connections [...]

…are now in this thread. Example:
Tyler: If we are a country based on “Reason, Rights and Science” then why oh why are we talking about teaching Intelligent Design in our school systems?
Travis: Because I am not in office yet.
Tyler and Travis have been having a great debate over there. Check it out!

It goes without saying that some arguments are just plain bad, and that their utilization can only be seen as the last desperate conceptions of a dying movement. In this category, there can be no greater, more obvious example than the “why don’t you send your kids” remonstration so commonly employed by the new left.
The [...]