A Rape in Paris
The act of misogyny is a grotesque means for men to remind women of their physical power. It’s also an act of dehumanization, like it was on Oct. 7.
Le Monde
We’ll always have Paris
Europeans seem to have an increasingly bizarre and perhaps self-destructive view of the world and their place in it. Last week’s most creative illustration: The Irish postal service issued...
Op-eds
Franco-German TV Network Drops Film on Antisemitism Because it is ‘Pro-Israel’
Editors from the Franco- German TV network ARTE have reneged on showing a widely acclaimed documentary on the explosion of lethal antisemitism in Europe, because the film is considered pro-Israel...
Op-eds
Olli Heinonen, former IAEA head of Safeguards, Joins FDD as Advisor on Science and Nonproliferation
Olli Heinonen, former head of Safeguards and Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracies as Advisor on Science a...
Press Releases
A France-U.S. Anti-Islamist Alliance
Even before the French-born Kouachi brothers went on a shooting rampage at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in January, French officials knew their luck was running out. Paris had always coun...
Op-eds
Can France Regenerate Itself to Fight Radical Islam?
The nation of France imploded last week. Heavily armed Islamic extremists ran amok, massacring police officers, cartoonists, and shoppers at a kosher supermarket. The overall death toll reached 1...
Op-eds
French Police End Hostage Crisis, Kill 3 Jihadists Linked to Known Terrorists
Co-authored by Bill Ardolino ...
Op-eds
Experts: Gunmen in Paris Attack Likely Had Military Training
... “Likely they were military trained,” said security consultant Olivier Gutta. According to him the question is whether they are jihadists who have recently returned from tra...
Op-eds
And The Reign Of Terror Continues
In a recent public spat with his domestic political opponents, Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani rebuked conservatives for their continued efforts to impose morality by force. Western media h...
Op-eds
War of Words Escalates in Tunisia
In an interview published by Le Monde on March 26, Tuni...
Op-eds
Homs and Achrafieh
Since February 3, the city of Homs has been under a sustained, and increasingly heavy, bombardment by the Assad regime’s forces. According to...
Op-eds
Iran Approaching Fission? I’m Talking Politics, Not Nukes…
The mullahs have stepped up their tempo of killing, both at home and abroad. The main difference is that the Iranian citizens who are tortured and executed are slaughtered by fellow-Iranian...
Op-eds
Seeing Iran Plain
The apologists for the Iranian regime generate so much nonsense that a whole crew of fact checkers could be gainfully employed simply exposing them. Let’s take two: “the Islamic Repub...
Op-eds
It Was a Nuclear Site
This is from Le Monde today: D'après nos informations, l'AIEA détient des données, provenant de plusieurs sources non am&...
Op-eds
Being a Christian in the Maghreb
The plight of Christian communities in the Arab world has been quite well documented: from Saudi Arabia to Egypt to Iraq. But the Maghreb is now also turning into a troublesome spot for Christians. Under the veil of a wave of alleged "proselytizing" that has converted tens of thousands of Muslims into Christians, the authorities have been pressured to become tougher on Christian residents.
Op-eds
Myths of War: The Ten Most Widely Believed Distortions About the Global Conflict Now Underway
Co-Authored with Alykhan Velshi Ronald Reagan once said: “It’s not that liberals are ignorant, it’s just that they know so much that isn’t true.&rdquo...
Op-eds
Selling Out Moderate Islam
Washington's misbegotten campaign to be loved in the Middle East.
Op-eds
Did Saddam Bribe the U.N.?
The U.N. oil-for-food program was supposed to help the Iraqi people acquire the food and medicine they needed while U.N. sanctions against Iraq were in place, sanctions that could have been lifte...