Putin’s Punitive Theater of the Absurd
On the evening of December 30, 2014, just as two dozen or so patrons were settling into their seats at a purposefully ramshackle basement theater in central Moscow to watch a film about the ongoing...
View ArticleLaughing at Islamism Is the Best Deterrent
The motive for the shooting at Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, appears to be Islamist anger at the magazine’s satirical approach toward radical Islam. The issue isn’t simply that its...
View ArticleCold-Blooded Murder and the Limits of Tolerance
In the aftermath of an atrocity as horrifying as the Paris murders on Wednesday, it is more important than ever to be crystal clear about the freedoms that we hold most dearly.Freedom of expression,...
View ArticleRadical Imam Sentenced to Life in Prison By New York Court
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Radical imam Abu Hamza al-Masri was sentenced on Friday to life in prison, eight months after he was convicted of federal terrorism charges in New York.The one-eyed, handless Abu...
View ArticleU.S. Scientists Discover Powerful New Antibiotic
American scientists have made a major health breakthrough with the discovery of a new type of antibiotic that seems to be even better than existing drugs. And it was found in a pile of soil. The...
View ArticleCambodian Genocide Trial Restarts, Briefly
The Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia held hearings Thursday in the genocide trial involving Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, the Associated Press reports, the first since the trial was suspended at the end...
View ArticleBoko Haram Kill 2,000 People in One Town in Five Days, Say Officials
Jihadist group Boko Haram have left a trail of carnage across north eastern Nigeria since the beginning of the year, with the Times reporting as many as 2,000 people killed in the past five days at the...
View ArticleWhy Nebraska’s Supreme Court Decision Might be Bad News for Keystone XL
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday approved a route for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline through the state, by overturning a lower court’s ruling that the law behind it was unconstitutional. But...
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Sentenced for Insulting Islam, Saudi Blogger Gets First 50 of 1,000 Lashes
A Saudi Arabian blogger has been given the first 50 of 1,000 lashes after being convicted of cybercrime and insulting Islam.Raif Badawi, the founder of the Liberal Saudi Network, a now-defunct online...
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The Koran Does Not Forbid Images of the Prophet
In the wake of the massacre that took place in the Paris offices ofCharlie Hebdo, I have been called upon as a scholar specializing in Islamic paintings of the Prophet to explain whether images of...
View ArticleMitt Romney Is Considering a Third Presidential Run: Report
Mitt Romney told a meeting of donors Friday that he is considering a third presidential run, The Wall Street Journal reports. If Romney does decide to run, it would be his third attempt at the...
View ArticleUneven Policing in New York City
New York City is nearing the end of the second week of what the New York Post called a “virtual work stoppage” by the New York Police Department. The New York Times was kinder, labeling it a...
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Charlie Hebdo Suspects Killed, Four Hostages Dead
French special forces launched coordinated raids to end two hostage situations on Friday, killing three gunmen, including the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Four hostages were killed in a...
View ArticleDissident Groups Report More Opposition Activists Freed in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has freed 38 opposition activists from prison over the past two days, including a popular hip-hop artist, as part of a deal to improve relations with the United States,...
View ArticleAn Unbelievable Story of Survival…or Just an Unbelievable Story?
A former Miami Dolphin has an extraordinary tale of survival at sea. Robert Konrad told police he fell off his boat while fishing solo off the coast of Florida on Wednesday and survived in the Atlantic...
View ArticleFrance Pursues Female Suspect After Deadly Sieges
France launched a massive hunt for the female accomplice of militant Islamists behind attacks on a satirical newspaper and Jewish deli, maintaining a top-level security alert ahead of a Paris"silent...
View ArticleFrench Gunman Met Sarkozy in 'Crazy' Security Blunder
An “absolutely crazy” blunder by French security officials in 2009, which allowed yesterday’s supermarket hostage taker Amedy Coulibaly to meet President Sarkozy, points to intelligence failings before...
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Why Europeans Should Be Paying More for Their Food
Aross Europe, families have been eating the most traditional meals of the year – the great blow-out that for most of us is the key ritual of Christmas, the New Year, the Feast of the Epiphany and the...
View ArticleIndonesian Search Team Raises Tail of Crashed AirAsia Plane
Indonesian search and rescue teams raised on Saturday the tail of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed nearly two weeks ago with the loss of all 162 people on board, but have yet to locate the black...
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Here's the Original Futuristic Concept Art From 'Back to the Future Part II'
In the early hours of 2015, Tim Flattery was startled to see a film he’d worked on more than 25 years ago plastered all over social media.Then he remembered: The future he had "designed"—the one that...
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