The Attacks on Charlie Hebdo's PEN Award
On May 5 at the PEN Literary Gala, the magazine Charlie Hebdo will be awarded the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award. At least 204 PEN members have signed a letter...
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Cartoon: Critical reactions
Cartoonists have been getting attention lately, and not in a good way, from the renewed debate over Charlie Hebdo to Pamela Geller's provocations to the story that I just ran across about a 28 year old...
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No, Charlie Hebdo is not racist. Here’s why.
On the 5th of May, members of the French satirical journal Charlie Hebdo received PEN's Freedom of Expression Courage award at the organization's annual gala, following more than a week of heated...
View ArticleShould liberals be more critical of Islam?
Progressives have been criticized for going too easy on Muslim extremists. There are some important points those critics do not address, though.Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
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After Charleston, the time has come for Republicans to denounce hate peddlers...
Ted Cruz stands with a man who says Obama is "definitely capable" of starting a race war. We know why he did it. Exactly why. The terrorist Dylann Roof hated and feared African Americans, and that's...
View ArticleFEMEN Strikes Again
Quoted from their FacebookWomanophobia is illegal. Sexism is a kind of racism. Modern slavery is a crime. Let’s condemn them together, and let’s remind them without ever loosing any once of strength :...
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Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Parisian Partisanship "They have weapons. F*ck them....
"They have weapons. F*ck them. We have champagne!"(Charlie Hebdo’s response to recent Paris attacks)"They have weapons. F*ck them. We have champagne!" Remember that for terrorism to work you must...
View ArticleWhy ISIS/L or Daesh is not just a matter of preference
The difference among the various terms for the Islamic State is not trivial. The caliphate wants to be called by the name it calls itself--ISIS/L--and establish its legitimacy. Journalists, pundits,...
View ArticleTHOUGHTS ON THE PARIS ATTACKS
France and the free world are in mourning following the horrible Paris massacre on November 13 by at least seven gunmen, killing 129 and wounding another 352, 99 critically.The Islamic State (ISIS) has...
View Article"Suicide by Police" at the global level
Police in Paris shot dead a man wielding a meat cleaver and a fake suicide vest outside a police station while shouting Alahu Akbar, a year after Islamists killed 12 at Charlie Hebdo’s offices.The...
View ArticleWho Had the Dumbest Harvey Tweet? Walsh, Osteen or Trump (Donald or Eric)?
Twitter is like alcohol - it doesn't change you, it reveals you. And what it reveals is that there are a lot of dumbasses out there.Take Joe Walsh. This ex-Illinois Representative took exception to a...
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French Imams, Politicians, Artists, Intellectuals Denounce 'The New...
Unified by the terrorization, torture and murder of French Jews in recent months and years, fifteen leading French intellectuals collaborated on a book due out Wednesday, Le Nouvel Antisémitisme...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Meanwhile
My apologies for the brevity and lightness of this diary this evening. I have a computer that seems remarkably cranky tonight.Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder...
View ArticleFrench Weekly Magazine Republishes Cartoons Satirizing Prophet Muhammad
In 2012, the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdopublished editorial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. One showed Muhammad flashing a victory sign—with two extended fingers drawn to resemble the...
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