The Mistake That The Bush Administration Should

I'd Love To Go And Visit The Mosque In Mecca Again, Just For The Sheer Beauty Of It, Not For God - Much The Way A Non-catholic Might Go To Vatican City Because Of The Beauty Of The Buildings And The Artifacts.

There Are Some Mosques With Facilities For Women; It's Usually A Back Room With A Back-door Entrance.

There Can Only Be One Answer To This Hideous Act Of Jihad Against The Staff Of Charlie Hebdo. It Is The Obligation Of The Western Media And Western Leaders, Religious And Lay, To Protect The Most Basic Rights Of Freedom Of Expression, Whether In Satire On Any Other Form. The West Must Not Appease, It Must Not Be Silenced. We Must Send A United Message To The Terrorists: Your Violence Cannot Destroy Our Soul.

I Cannot Emphasize Enough How Wrongheaded This Is. Withholding Criticism And Ignoring Differences Are Racism In Its Purest Form. Yet These Cultural Experts Fail To Notice That, Through Their Anxious Avoidance Of Criticizing Non-western Countries, They Trap The People Who Represent These Cultures In A State Of Backwardness. The Experts May Have The Best Of Intentions, But As We All Know, The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions.

Liberal Capitalism Is Not Perfect, But Compared To The Other 'isms,' It's Far Superior.