June 22, 2018

Philly Schools Add Muslim Holidays by Cutting Jewish One

Introduction Back when public schools were overwhelmingly Christian, scheduling religious holidays meant closing for Christmas and, in some places, for Jewish high holidays.  As American school populations change, deciding for which reli...

February 2, 2016

DHS and the Dearborn Muslim community: A relationship on the rocks?

On January 13, Department of Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson trekked to Dearborn, Michigan, where he spoke to students and law enforcement at the University of Michigan, Dearborn about the department’s efforts to engage the Muslim commu...

December 19, 2015

Has the U.S. Government Finished Investigating CAIR for Terror Ties?

Is the U.S. government investigating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), as it said it would? If not, why not? If so, what are its findings? Consider this syllogism: Muslim Brotherhood membership = a possible indicator o...

November 4, 2015

Will <em>Hassan</em> Undermine Domestic Intelligence?

A federal appeals court has reinstated a complaint against the New York City Police Department in a decision with repercussions for the federal government's domestic intelligence apparatus.  If the court's decision stands, it may expand ...

November 3, 2015

Islam in British prisons

Recent media reports of government investigations indicate that throughout the United Kingdom’s category A prisons – those holding the most serious offenders – of Belmarsh, Long Lartin, Woodhill, and Whitemoor, gangs of Islamist ext...

October 30, 2015

How Much Does the U.S. Government Still Deal with CAIR?

October 6 Conference Call with DHS, DOJ & FBI Several federal agencies appear to have ongoing contacts with an organization that has been connected to international terrorism. On October 6, 2015, according to Department of Homeland Security...

October 8, 2015

What's the goal of DOJ's strong cities network?

Last week, with the endorsement of Attorney General Loretta Lynch, a group called the Strong Cities Network was launched at the United Nations.  According to its website, Strong Cities “aims to connect cities and other local authorities...

September 29, 2015

Free speech loses to Islamists at UK universities

Two events last week crystallized the grave danger facing freedom of speech in the United Kingdom. Warwick U. Students’ Union Censors Speaker against Radical Islam, Then Caves Miryam Namazie is a human rights campaigner, critic of Islamis...

July 15, 2015

Is Falsely Claiming Food Is Halal a Federal Crime?

The US Department of Justice appears to be criminally prosecuting people for failing to satisfy Islamic religious standards, thereby putting the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause at risk.  The case concerns the financial empire of ...

May 21, 2015

Billions for tribute, but not one penny for defense?

On May 18, 2015, YouTube – or really its owner, Google – won a major victory for free speech.  A U.S. appeals court rejected an actress's attempt to prevent YouTube from showing a movie trailer critical of Muhammad that has been ...

February 21, 2011

Lincoln's Other Presidency

I wonder sometimes about Lincoln's other presidency.  You know, what he hoped to accomplish during his presidency, before the South seceded.  His 1860 platform called for free homestead legislation, internal improvements - especially a tran...

July 10, 2010

Measuring Risk of Recidivism Among Detainees - Or Not

Although the Obama Administration has recently pulled back from its earlier emphasis on a criminal justice model of fighting ‘extremism', it is still emphasizing the need to use tools from both criminal justice and the military/national securit...

March 8, 2010

NYT and WaPo: Muhammad Is the Prophet of God

Is Muhammad more deserving of reverential treatment than Jesus? The New York Times seems to think so.A Times article reporting on the collapse of Christian communities in the Middle East contains two references to Jesus. Not "Christ," which...

March 8, 2010

NYT and WaPo: Muhammad Is the Prophet of God

Is Muhammad more deserving of reverential treatment than Jesus? The New York Times seems to think so.A Times article reporting on the collapse of Christian communities in the Middle East contains two references to Jesus. Not "Christ," which...