Bush Makes God an Argument for Iraq War

When all the arguments for a failed war collapse, make God your argument. After no weapons of mass destruction, no mission accomplished, no functional democracy, no progress in Iraq, no stopping Al Qaeda from rebuilding strength to threaten the American homeland,...

Prayer for Henri

I was going to write today about the long and funny boat ride from Goma yesterday, about arriving in Bukavu, about how much nicer everything is in a place that hasn’t had a volcano go down its main street. I want to tell you about how beautiful it is here, how...

The Mantra For 2007: Just Have A Little Patience

We keep being told that if the American forces pull out of Iraq, that part of the world will simply cave in and never be found again. It will sink into more of a civil war, eventually kill everybody, and then come across the seas to kill us. Hoshyar Zebari is the...

‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’

“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” the fifth movie in the series, sets the stage for the end of the franchise, which has only two more installments. At the end of the last one, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” we saw Cedric...

Who Would Jesus Stone?

A tragedy of biblical proportions occurred in Iran this past week, according to an Associated Press report. A man convicted of adultery was stoned to death in a village in the northern part of the country.A tragedy of biblical proportions occurred in Iran this past...

What Should Marlo Do?

Marlo Rodriguez is a 24-year-old illegal immigrant in Virginia–euphemistically called “undocumented” by the press and other politically correct operatives. He came to Northern Virginia 16 years ago, when he was only 8. His parents brought him into...