Uniting Islamic Resistance — Just As We Did In 1902

American troops invaded Moslem territory “`in order to prevent war.’” They “learned too late” that American actions “had unified the Moslem leaders who had traditionally fought among themselves.”

 It sounds like a gloss on reluctant…

‘The Whiteness Checkpoint’in The Boston Globe

(Jan. 19 update: This protest has now appeared in regional papers including the Valley News and Keene (N.H.) Sentinel. Thanks, VN, for permission to use Laura DeCapua’s photo! Strong e-mail and letter-to-editors reaction gives hope that people may be…

Battle Day in Concord: Shades of Insurgencies Past

This op-ed originally appeared in the Keene (N.H.) Sentinel and other New England newspapers.

We stood by the hundreds on the river’s east bank, boosting our kids so they could see the redcoats march down to the old…

America Needs to Talk About The “O” Word: Oil

Alright, America. It’s time to talk about the “o” word.

 No, not that one. I mean the one we really avoid talking about. The one we’ll do shocking things to get. Our most wanton, shameful secret.

 Oil.

 We need to talk, because all our excuses for…