2012 archive
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Mar 02 2012
An ocean of myth and mendacity
We are fighting Islamism from ignorance, as we did the cold war
By Simon Jenkins, Thursday 1 March 2012 15.00 EST … Were we wrong? I have lived through two global conflicts: the west against Russian communism and now… [more]
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Mar 01 2012
Kind of hyperbolic
Those defending US Constitution from sharia must have failed high school civics
By Reza Aslan and Harris Zafar, February 29, 2012 … There are those who would have you believe that Islamic law, or sharia, is taking over… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/03/01/kind-of-hyperbolic/
Mar 01 2012
An embarrassing display of subservience
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Feb 29 2012
A honey of a word
The regime calls it ‘cleaning’, but the dirty truth is plain to see
By Robert Fisk, Thursday 01 March 2012 … So it’s the “cleaning” of Baba Amr now, is it? “Tingheef” in Arabic. Did that anonymous Syrian government official… [more]
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Feb 26 2012
From the cultish into the mainstream
America’s endless apocalypse
By Matthew Barrett Gross and Mel Gilles, Sunday, Feb 26, 2012 1:00 PM 14:21:17 CST … Few of us can clearly make out the form of history until it is well behind us. That helps us… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/02/26/from-the-cultish-into-the-mainstream/
Feb 26 2012
Choose your own Apocalypse
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