May 15, 2018 Split Screen in the Middle East – Finance and Fashion meet Fire and Fury While the wealthy treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, and fashion icon and daughter of the President, Ivanka Trump, were celebrating the new US embassy in Jerusalem, Israeli…
January 9, 2015 Atheist Terrorists Those Atheist Terrorists In the aftermath of today’s violence in France, again associating the words “Muslim” and “terrorist,” it is important to note that the major motivation for…
March 24, 2014 Bethlehem Surrounded Bethlehem Surrounded The first thing any visitor notices when visiting Bethlehem today is the wall completely separating it from Israel … providing security for Israelis…
April 25, 2013 Islam and Conversion A good article from the Economist on Muslim attitudes toward conversion This article shows how Islam regards conversion and how troubling it is for the…
May 27, 2012 Remembering Those Who Have Died In addition to parades and picnics, let’s say a prayer for those who have died in Afghanistan. This is a list of US fatalities,…