Hate Crimes

In New York someone attacked a cab driver, allegedly because the driver was a Muslim.  There is a question of whether this is a hate crime.

The Trouble With Kids These Days

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

Burn a Koran Day

In Gainesville, Florida, there is a Christian pastor named Terry Jones who plans to hold a "Burn a Koran Day" on September 11.  The fun never stops.

Is Obama a Muslim?

For reasons that escape my feeble grasp, fully 20% of the people in the United States think that President Obama is a Muslim.  I hope these aren't the people who do the voting.

Ground Zero Mosque

There has been endless arguing over whether a proposed "supermosque" should be allowed to be built a short distance from Ground Zero.  The thinking seems to be that this is some sort of Islamic plot or something.  That misses the point.