Hypocrite McCain Straddles the Hagee Fence

John McCain wants John Hagee’s supporters and John Hagee’s money, but he doesn’t want to be tarred with the brush of John Hagee’s insane and hateful beliefs. While Barack Obama has denounced not only the insane statements of Jeremiah Wright, but Jeremiah Wright himself, John McCain continues to gutlessly straddle the fence on Hagee’s outrageous [...]

Religion and Mobs

Here’s a perfect example of religion run amok, when mobs are incited by religious fantasies to commit horrendous acts.
Kenya Mob Burns 15 Women to Death Over Witchcraft
In America, people cite the Bible in justifying their beating to death gay people. In Saudi Arabia, people quote the Koran in forcing women without the proper veils to [...]

Is It Diplomacy or Appeasement?

A story in The Jerusalem Post (linked in the Dredge Report) quotes Army Radio as reporting that the Bush Administration plans a military strike against Iran before the end of Bush’s Presidency. This is hardly news. Anyone who has been even partially conscious during the past couple of years knows that Bush has every intention [...]