On Sunday (25th September), Christian writer and political activist, Nahed Hattar, was murdered on the steps of a law court in Jordan after having shared a satirical cartoon mocking an ISIS soldier and his beliefs. Hattar was on his way to attend a court hearing because of the cartoon. He had turned himself in in…

There have been a string of brutal killings against those who are said to have “blasphemed” or have shared political and religious views that are contrary to the views held by the Islamic extremists perpetrating the attacks. Human rights groups are fighting back – but it’s an uphill struggle against the a political culture that…

The other night I was having a philosophical disagreement with an acquaintance at a bar (which, contrary to popular belief, is less reckless than it sounds) over the subject of comparative religion- Islam and Christianity, in particular. Much to my expectations, the position of guilty white liberalism was immediately assumed from the opposing side; Islamic…

A Jordanian writer who was arrested for posting a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam has been shot dead. Nahed Hattar was assassinated in front the Supreme Court in Amman with local media reporting he was shot three times in the head. The shooter has reportedly been arrested by security forces. Mr Hatter had turned himself in…

I cannot think of any other words to supplement this anniversary eulogy of Avijit Roy (see below).  However, beforehand I would like to take this opportunity to add a few remarks about the struggle against international Islamic theocracy and the moral ambiguity that has come to enshroud any rational debate about it. The tragic fate of Roy and the…

Socialism is the road to serfdom.  Americans have no idea how good they’ve had it.  Given the chance, a Trump or Sanders “revolution” would erode all of that prosperity away in a heartbeat. The American students growing interested in “socialism” today are too young to remember what the world actually looked like the last time socialism held sway. In their…

Americans have more disposable income than nearly every other country on earth. The few exceptions include a handful of northern Western European states and some small city states like Monaco. Even when accounting for government benefits and taxes, Americans still have more income available to spend than almost anyone else. As this measure from the…

The University of Chicago is welcoming new students to campus by warning them that they might hear things that might make them uncomfortable. A letter sent by the school this week tells incoming freshmen that the university does not support “trigger warnings” as part of its commitment to freedom of expression. “Dear Class of 2020…

Thanks to globalization and free-markets, the world is better than ever before (despite what the alarmists may tell you).  Where freedom flourishes, prosperity follows suit.  It doesn’t matter if you try it in China or South America or Africa or England, the result is the same: higher standards of living and greater opportunities for our descendants.…

The following is a post I wrote on Sam Harris’ Facebook page in response to a recent conversation brokered between Harris and a certain Omer Aziz (from Salon magazine).  The latter is a rather hot-headed cultural warrior who has misrepresented the motives and agenda of Sam Harris and Majid Nawaz, specifically regarding their recent collaborative project against…