People choose as leaders the people who spout the most BS - regardless of whether it's true or not.

England scraps freedom of speech for those who oppose Muslim violence.

If there's anything that passes John Kerry's "global test", it's bumping off pirates.

Should we be more concerned about Islamic terrorism? Or about Russia?

The Chinese dare not call in their loans to the US - their economy would collapse.

Far from being evil, sweatshops are a blessing for impoverished peasants - they're a huge step up for them.

We call fundamentalist Islam "barbaric" only because we cannot find a harsher word.

Islamic terror is uncivilized. We are in a Fight Against Barbarism, and should call it such.

The Obama administration doesn't even pretend to believe obeying the law is important - at least, not if you're a bigshot Democrat.

How a religion prefers to be spread has a profound influence on how well it gets along with other religions.