The Armageddon Election

"Both campaigns are focused on reinforcing and energizing their core support groups. The Republicans are appealing to religious conservatives and national security hawks, while Democrats are reaching out to union members, African Americans, Hispanics, women, and social liberals."

The maligning of Islamic civilization in the US

"Americans of all persuasions, Muslims, and Jews need to add historical depth to the debate about Islam. If the trend continues, an inter-communal conflict in Jerusalem could escalate into a regional war where Jews, Muslims, Christians, and others at the epicenter of the conflict but who do not hold messianic sentiments will suffer under the weight of others' prejudices and indifference."

Chechen Attacks on Russia: A Harbinger for the United States?

"Islam requires that all Moslems do what they can to defend Islamic lands when under attack from non-Moslems. To defeat profiling techniques by security forces, even Islamic women have become involved in jihadist attacks against the Russians and Israelis."

The faithful and the eccentric

"Not so in Judea and Samaria. This is the land of the patriarchs, where settlers heavily steeped in ideology have returned to Hebron and the hills of Shechem (Nablus). This is the patrimony that attracts eccentrics like the Lifta gang, living in the Samarian hills. Extremists from all sides will weave their messianic ideas into a political ideology and look for the most promising way--blowing up the Temple Mount--to thwart a democratic decision to remove them."

When the friends cry, "Kill!"

"Nobody "works a crowd" better than Bush. Make the "lie" pie higher and higher then, after you throw in a few patriotic slogans, tell 'em there's power in the blood and they'll follow you anywhere."