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The Christmas Revolution

    It was through this story of divine enfleshment that much of our humanistic tradition was born.   For most Christians, the incarnation — the belief that...

Genocide: Christians Pay the Price for Inaction and Apathy

    As recent as April 2012, President Obama announced the establishment of the Atrocities Prevention Board proclaiming, “Preventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core...

Saudi Arabia’s Phony War on Terror

    That is why the newly announced Saudi-led anti-terror coalition, the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism, should be viewed with profound skepticism.   Wahhabism promotes, among...

Islamic State’s Deep, Poisonous Roots

      The final planning for the terrorist attack in Paris last month might have taken place in the Molenbeek district of Brussels—but, like the massacre...

Christians in the Middle East: And then there were none

    It is easy to see why the pope is so downhearted. Look no further than Bethlehem, where young Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers...

Islamists’ War on Christmas

Throughout the Muslim world, a harsh campaign was conducted against people who celebrate Christmas. In Algeria, Islamists worked the streets under the regime’s tolerant...

Military to Military

  The military’s resistance dates back to the summer of 2013, when a highly classified assessment, put together by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and...

Why the Middle East Isn’t Likely to Look Better in 2016

    Threats to state authority:   The Arab state structure is under enormous stress: There is fragmentation and civil war in Yemen, Libya, and Syria; in Iraq, there is serious dysfunction and...

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