Muslim Radicalization Hearing is a Bad Idea
It’s amazing what lawmakers are doing with taxpayers’ money. Representative Peter T. King, the New York Republican and Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, began a “congressional investigation of Muslim American radicalization.”[1] King claims that the catalyst which led him to conclude that a hearing was necessary, was the consistent warning from the Obama administration concerning the rise of homegrown terrorism. I see more problems than benefits. Here are three: A Commercial for Radical Islam The hearing provides an opportunity for real Islamic radicals to argue that their hatred for America, and the west for that matter, is reciprocal. They will be
The Wisdom of a Ground Zero Mosque
If you haven’t heard about the mosque/Islamic center debate then you must be hiding under a rock. Ever since the proposal – a mosque and center to be located near ground zero – has been made public, those who are pro and con have found themselves locked in verbal combat seemingly to the death. The controversy over the mosque has greater significance for the faith world than most realize. Politically speaking, Democrats, who probably would have been quick to speak up in favor of the mosque under different circumstances, have brought down their microphones to the levels of silence. They have gone