Islam’s history with the West has been one of unwavering antagonism and seismic clashes, often initiated by the former. By the standards of history, nothing between the two civilizations is as well documented as this long war. Accordingly, for more than a millennium, both educated and not so educated Europeans knew—the latter perhaps instinctively—that Islam

CNBC has a story headlined, “Vice President Pence defends deficit expansion under Trump as necessary for economic growth.” The full interview is here. The deficit discussion starts around 3 minutes in and continues for 2 1/2 minutes. Pence does not say the deficit expansion was necessary or even aided economic growth. What he says is

It’s a damn shame the way political differences have driven a wedge between us. This country once valued our ability to publicly express views as something worth fighting and even dying for. It seems like even in my lifetime the mantra “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg at his rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, February 3, 2020. (Eric Thayer/Reuters) He may not be a robot, but there’s something uncanny about this candidate. It has to be said: There is something plain amazing about Pete Buttigieg’s run for the presidency. His last election was for

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Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg visits the Dollarhide Community Center for a campaign event in Compton, California, February 3, 2020. (Andrew Cullen/Reuters) There are three big reasons it’s not impossible. Could Mike Bloomberg capture the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination? I’ve ridiculed the possibility in the past, and with good reason: Bloomberg has taken stances that

Bear With Me Here… Ever since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) burst onto the national political scene a year ago she has been a ceaselessly erupting geyser of inane soundbites. There are days when it seems as if she is performing an extemporaneous Saturday Night Live skit, soliloquizing away, always desperately attempting to project an awkward

Joe Biden with his son Hunter as they walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, January 20, 2009. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) The Treasury Department has granted a request from Senate Republicans for financial documents related to Hunter Biden’s relationship with a Ukrainian gas company, according to Senator Ron Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee, who criticized the move.

The trial of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who is charged with five counts of rape and predatory sexual assault, has become a cause célèbre for the #MeToo movement. When I speak of justice for Harvey Weinstein, I am not thinking of vigilante justice, mob justice, or moral comeuppance. I am referring to the concept of

(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) In Tablet magazine, Washington Examiner editor Park MacDougald has written an essay on what its headline calls “The New American Millennial Right.” MacDougald argues that the intellectual worlds of conservatism and of the Republican Party have been in a period of intense internal debate since President Trump’s 2016 victory, a debate that has