On March 20, 2015, the Islamic State used three suicide bombers to kill about 137 Shi’ite worshipers at their mosques in Sanaa, Yemen. Initially I was horrified. That sense of outrage has diminished somewhat. I want to tell my Muslim brothers and sisters that you’re making it hard for me to care about you. This…
Bureaucracy is why this keeps happening
November 17, 2014
Today an Israeli told me that the bureaucracy of the Israeli Defense Forces is the reason that transparent lies are allowed gain traction. The bureaucracy says that nobody has enough time to debunk the fabrications, and there isn’t enough money in the budget to do so. Well, I don’t accept that. The real problem is…
Utøya Island illustrates Norway’s pathologies
September 23, 2014
Last night I wrote a post about my own experiences living in Norway from 1978 to 1981. I mentioned the mass murder that took place on Utøya Island, July 22, 2011. At the time of the crime, I read several eyewitness accounts describing what the members of the Workers’ Youth League (Arbeidaranes Ungdomsfylking, or AUF)…