Posts Tagged ‘ Middle East ’

Not the program you might think. Rather, the kind of program some people had in mind for Salman Rushdie when he pointed out the contradictions of “The Satanic Verses”. Or, perhaps that should be pogrom, since there are death penalties involved. Certainly, Mark Steyn is one who has had his proverbial skin in the game, [...]

Plan A was to have the economy humming by now and see Obama cruise to re-election on the success of Keynesian counter-cyclical stimulus. Hope and change would have proven itself superior to the failed policies of the Republican past and the country would eagerly follow Obama into yet more “transformational” policies in his second term. [...]

The following is a guest post from Morgan Deane, researcher on warfare and the Book of Mormon. Today we have seen many comments all over the internet criticizing the too-eager celebration of Bin Laden’s, (or any human being’s) death. Deane gives another viewpoint informed by his reading of Latter-day scripture and modern music. I had [...]

May 1, 2011 is a day for the history books with the death of Osama bin Ladin.  Ironically, this is 8 years to the day that President Bush declared “Mission Accomplished.”  With the death of bin Ladin, is the mission accomplished now?  What does the future hold in the Middle East?  Does this seal Obama’s [...]

The Scriptures picture the final battle of good and evil happening in a real place because many real battles have happened on that spot. The place is Megiddo,  a city — ancient even in Biblical times — that controls a pass through the Judean Hills (Carmel Range) to connect the coastal plain to the Jezreel [...]