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General Petraeus has warned that if Korans are burned by Sauronic bigots our troops will be in greater danger.  This has ignited a fascinating debate over at Huffingtonpost as to whether these imbeciles have the right to burn the book.  Pretty much lost in the discussion is a far deeper issue: that between empire and…

Weeks ago I was called by Jane Mayer, a writer for The New Yorker asking me questions about the Koch (pronounced ‘Coke’) brothers Charles and David.  She was doing an investigative piece on their political influence, had seen my Beliefnet piece on Charles Koch,  and wanted to ask me more questions about what I knew. …

In Europe before World War One Jews were better integrated into German society than almost anywhere else on the continent.  There were lots of intermarriages as well.  In Bosnia Christians and Muslims lived together peacefully under Tito’s Communist rule, far and away the mildest form of Communist rule that had ever existed.  Again there was…

Randy “Duke” Cunningham, who went to prison for serious corruption (he took in $2.4 million in bribes) was an ultra-right wing Republican congressman.  A few years behind bars have turned him into an advocate of prison reform.  In addition he has begun teaching other prisoners to get their GEDs. [Too] many students have severe learning…
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