It Can’t Happen Here?
Do you worry about Islam? Or is it far down on your list of worries? Perhaps you’ve heard about the persecution of Christians by Muslims in Africa and the accelerating Islamization of Europe, and certainly you’re aware of the war in Iran. But all those places are...
It Can’t Happen Here?
Do you worry about Islam? Or is it far down on your list of worries? Perhaps you’ve heard about the persecution of Christians by Muslims in Africa and the accelerating Islamization of Europe, and certainly you’re aware of the war in Iran. But all those places are...
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The Emperor’s New Clothes-Bishops Edition
As a short commentary on our capacity for self-delusion, it’s hard to improve on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of the emperor, the tailors, the little child, and the invisible suit. If you recall, the ploy used by the two swindlers is to claim that the Emperor’s...
Just Like Us?
“Just like us.” The phrase or some variant of it has long been used by priests and prelates to convince Catholics to seek solidarity with Muslims. Ever since the publication of Nostra Aetate in 1965, the claim that Christians and Muslims share much in common has...
Dangerous Delusions
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a study of crowd behavior first published in 1841 and still in print today. A combination of science and sensationalism, the book examines famous financial bubbles, such as the South Sea Company bubble, the...
No Imminent Threat? Are you sure?
Diego Garcia may sound like the name of a Mexican drug lord, but it’s actually the name of an Island in a remote part of the Indian Ocean which hosts a joint UK-US naval airbase. The island exploded into the news not long ago when it was struck by two Iranian...
