Glenn Greenwald writes about the arrest this week of three young American men who supposedly were going to fly to Syria to fight for Isis — despite their lack of money or, in the case of one of the guy, the inability to travel internationally because his mother had taken away his passport. It appears […]
Here’s my conversation with Michael Weiss, author of “Isis: Inside the Army of Terror,” a book that should serve as a primer on the terrorist group for everyone. Among the topics we discussed: President Obama’s claim that Isis is not about religion, it’s about terrorism; Why declaring a holy war against Isis would be playing […]
There hasn’t been as much discussion of the movie about the war hero as I thought there would be. I’m not talking about “American Sniper,” the story of Iraq war vet Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in US military history. I’m talking about “The Imitation Game,” the story of Alan Turing, the brilliant mathematician who […]
In July, 2009, I wrote a quick blog entry entitled “To What End?“ When I heard about the bombings in Jakarta yesterday, my first thought was, what do these terrorists hope to achieve? Long term, I mean. If you look at the various terrorist acts in the last decade or two — the World Trade […]
Dean Obeidallah is a Muslim-American comedian, writer for The Daily Beast and CNN, director of “The Muslims Are Coming,” and host of a new weekly program that debuts Saturday on SiriusXM. I asked him to join me on KTRS to discuss his perspective, as both a Muslim and a satirist, on the Charlie Hebdo attacks […]
Random thoughts on Sony withdrawing “The Interview,” in light of threats by cyber-hackers who have already revealed the company’s embarrassing internal documents… I didn’t get to see “The Interview” because the St. Louis press screening was scheduled for Thursday night, and the studio pulled it from release that morning, but based on reviews by critics […]