Right-wing watch
Hijacked
Ayaan Hirsi Ali asks in The New York Times where Islam’s moderates are. A better question, I think, is “what are progressives and moderates doing to prevent extremists of all stripes from hijacking social discourse?”
Right-wing Christians in the US bemoan a supposed assault on Christianity, since anything less than a state religion will not do. [...]
Discrimination in Foggy Bottom
U.S. Ambassador resigns over discrimination.
Stings, Entrapment, and Hypocrisy
This weekend’s NYT Week in Review seems largely devoted to the Wide Stance Scandal:
Abby Goodnough writes about open secrets and hypocrisy.
Sarah Kershaw writes about stings and entrapment.
Laura Maconald writes about how tea-room rituals are such as to not pose a menace to the public order.
My commentary: Normally, this ought to be a private scandal, [...]
“Rapists deserve…”?!!?
Is there any doubt America is turning into a theocracy? Here’s some more information on the rape victim who was denied emergency contraception and thrown in jail.
I guess it’s not just the Japanese Health minister who thinks of women as “birth-giving machines”.
Cherry-picking science
Is there any doubt that America is turning into a dictatorship? When the government censors scientific discourse, it is time to be very afraid:
“There was a story about a scientist who got authorized to speak at a conference. He was prohibited from using the phrase ‘global warming.’ He was allowed to say ‘global,’ [...]
