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A federal judge thinks that might solve an Establishment Clause problem.

Bloggingheads.

The bishops might want to investigate…

The reason we talk about Egypt’s Salafis isn’t because we’re debating theology, at least not primarily—I don’t think we’re actually concerned with the specifics of Islamic thought. We’re more worried about what Salafism and Islamism generally means for our interests, values, and the Muslim world. At bottom, our concerns over Salafis are concerns over what they’ll do when they’re in power.

Should nonbelievers adopt a new label or take it back from the orthodox in their ranks?

Which side in Egypt is currently on the side of the angels and which not? One likes to assume that in any, particularly political, conflict the good guys can be easily separated from the bad guys; ordinarily the former is assumed to play by the rules of the game…

Guess who (might be) coming to dinner.

Last night on MSNBC I discussed this with Martin Bashir.

For the 11th of September, although I will be back at my desktop in my home office, I will not surrender an entry. Instead I wish to offer this statement:

In his UN speech on Iran, Israel’s PM attempted to force a zero-sum game of destroying the opposition by force.