This has to stop. Hate speech, cloaking itself in Free Speech. Calls to “arms” against each other. And then the “arms” become real. Pipe bombs. Shootings. Are we a perfect society? Of course not. Are we populated with negative thoughts against others? Yes. It is part of the human condition when a lack of knowledge […]
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Time to become proactive about terrorists
In television it’s called a “loop,” the replaying of the same scene over and over and over again. The latest and most assuredly not the final terrorist attack in London last weekend was a “loop” that has become all-too familiar. The jihadists who claimed to be acting on orders from their god, killed at least […]
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'No' to terrorists
The last time I visited the Statue of Liberty, the inscription did not say, “Bring me your terrorists.” Janet Kinney, Jay
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Terrorism doesn't come in just one color
White terrorism is not as bad as Muslim terrorism. That, believe it or not, was the crux of an argument Sean Duffy, a Republican representative from Wisconsin, made last week on CNN. What follows has been condensed for space, but it unfolded like this: Asked by anchor Alisyn Camerota about the Trump regime’s failure to […]
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New York nonplused by bomb threats
The explosives going off in the dumpster in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea was not a major terrorist event — except on the TV news channels. No one was killed, fortunately. And thanks to superb police work, a suspect was captured within 48 hours. On the night after, Sunday, trains from the northern suburbs were […]
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Brussels and Iraq: Battlegrounds for terrorists
The Islamist terrorists’ global war on the civilized continues unabated with Brussels, Belgium the latest target of an ISIS mass homicide. As I write this column, Belgian authorities report the coordinated terror bomb attacks on Brussels’ airport and a city metro train station killed 34 and wounded almost 200 people. This Brussels attack lacked the […]
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West should encourage the forces of reform
NEW YORK — Radical Islamic terrorism. Apparently, the phrase — if you can actually say it — has mystical powers. At Tuesday’s Republican debate, the candidates once more took pains to point out that they would speak the dreaded words that President Obama and Hillary Clinton dare not. “We have a president who is unwilling […]
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Misguided anti-Muslim rhetoric dehumanizing and un-American
NEW YORK — The most recent act of horrific violence in America — in San Bernardino, California — was perpetrated by a Muslim man and woman. There are around 3 million Muslims in the United States, almost all of whom are law-abiding citizens. How should they react to the actions of the couple who killed […]
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ISIS terrorists are enemies of civilization
The Paris attacks have occasioned a wide-ranging debate about what they mean and how to respond, involving Islam and its role, military strategy and, oddly enough, how Muslims in New Jersey reacted to Sept. 11 (thanks, Donald Trump). It’s all very interesting and, for the most part, quite important. At bottom, though, the import of […]
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Protecting the safety of citizens
Democrat Sen. Justin Alfond’s remarks about the “morally repugnant” stance of Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to not allow Syrian refugees in Maine were, perhaps, over the top. LePage joined 33 other governors in the decision. Sixteen governors have opened their doors to those refugees. A few thoughts about Syrian refugees: • ISIS has declared (several […]