Category Archives: Politics

The Necessary Failure of Crusading

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

Dimitri Simes writes in today’s Wall Street Journal: But sending more brigades to pursue the same crusade is unlikely to bring success — at least not on an American political timetable. The problem is not just the incompetent management of … Continue reading →

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Being a (Practicing) Christian

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

There have been some interesting posts on religion at the Corner this morning. John Derbyshire quotes and comments on a correspondent: From a person who really should know, though he asks that his name and clerical status not be posted: … Continue reading →

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Purpose of Education

Posted on October 13, 2006 by Richard Heyduck

What’s the purpose of education? If there is a purpose – or identifiable set of purposes – is it (or are they) something we can agree on? First, a classic math joke that illustrates shifting purposes in math education. It’s … Continue reading →

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Curious Happenings in the C of E?

Posted on October 9, 2006 by Richard Heyduck

From the Daily Telegraph, “Drive for multi-faith Britain deepens rifts, says Church.” How does one take this? Is the supposedly liberal Church of England turning away from the multicultural creed (often equivalent to, “Everyone is right but us.”)? Are they … Continue reading →

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We Forget too Quickly

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Richard Heyduck

We forget too quickly that the Taliban was raised up more in the madrassas of Pakistan than in Afghanistan. The “War on Terror” will never be won until those fighting it are willing to take note of the irrelevance of … Continue reading →

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Assimilation

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Richard Heyduck

Americans have prided themselves for doing a better job than the Europeans assimilating “our Muslims.” There are now indications that pride may be mistaken. In Sunday’s Washington Post Geneive Abdo reports on her conversations with Muslims (especially Muslim women) around … Continue reading →

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