Archive for the 'Multiculturalism' Category
Bookworm on Jan 05 2010 | Filed under: Anti-Americanism, Anti-war, Barack Obama, Education, Identity politics, Leftist morality, Morality, Multiculturalism
I’m reading a very enjoyable novel right now that is completely tuned in to the way in which the Left operates, especially when it comes to the media and academia.
The writer is completely tuned into the name calling that substitutes for informed debate. For example, when the book’s protagonist, Paul, learns that Leftists starting [...]
Bookworm on Nov 14 2009 | Filed under: Islam, Jihad, Military, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence
In a field rich with excellent conservative writers, I always think Mark Steyn is the best. The joyful days, though, are the days when he outdoes even himself. In this week’s column about the fluffy multiculturalism that reared its head both before and after Hasan’s deadly terrorist attack at Fort Hood, Steyn outdoes himself. Here [...]
Bookworm on Nov 13 2009 | Filed under: GBLT, Islam, Multiculturalism, Political correctness
I’ve now received five emails bringing to my attention a post at Hillbuzz, a blog that (as best as I can tell) is written by two gay Hillary supporters. (And thanks to all of you who did bring it to my attention.) What makes the post at Hillbuzz so unusual is that it’s a frank [...]
Bookworm on Nov 07 2009 | Filed under: Islam, Jihad, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence, Political correctness
Insane people reflect the obsessions of their times. In the old days, insane people heard messages from the Devil. In the post-nuclear age, they were in contact with Martians. And nowadays, if their Muslim, Islam gives the impetus to their urges. Indeed, Islam is an all-purpose blank check for bad behavior. As my cousin, the [...]
Bookworm on Apr 03 2009 | Filed under: Islam, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence, Political correctness
In an earlier post, I directed your attention to the incredibly disturbing footage of Pakistani village authorities brutally whipping a teenage girl before a throng of men, because she violated Sharia norms by being seen in public with her father in law. The footage is disturbing on many levels, not the least of which is [...]
Bookworm on Mar 16 2008 | Filed under: Holocaust, Leftist morality, Multiculturalism
A few days ago, I posted about the rise in antisemitism around the world. One of my readers, who I know is a good and kind woman, decried this trend, but then said something interesting: “And now many Jews insist that we hate Muslims to support them. [snip.] [E]very anti-Islamic [...]
Bookworm on Mar 16 2008 | Filed under: Islam, Law, Media matters, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence
From the every first paragraph of a lengthy New York Times Magazine article about Sharia law, you know you’re in for an intellectually dishonest voyage through the multi-culti mindset of the New York Times, this time as put forward by Noah Feldman who is, unsurprisingly, a law professor at that bastion of liberal think, Harvard. [...]
Bookworm on Mar 11 2008 | Filed under: England, Holland, Multiculturalism
The moral equivalence crowd, the one that says all cultures are created equal, except that non-Western cultures are better than others, is going to have to pretzel itself severely to deal with this one:
Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at [...]
Bookworm on Feb 14 2008 | Filed under: Britain, England, Multiculturalism
I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for England. I adore British history, especially because I’ve always admired its trajectory towards true enlightenment. It had all the bad qualities of other European nations — serfs, Crusades, slavery, inhumane work conditions, etc. — but it always seemed to shake them off sooner [...]
Bookworm on Jan 15 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Capitalism, Identity politics, Liberal Fascism, Multiculturalism
I’m still enjoying every page of Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, and I thought I’d share with you a few more points that I thought either summed up perfectly something most of us have already figured out or explained why [...]
Bookworm on Nov 30 2007 | Filed under: Britain, Islam, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence, Political correctness
I won’t go into the genesis of the teddy bear kerfuffle, because I assume you know all about it, including the fact that a Sudanese court imprisoned a British woman for 15 days for naming a teddy bear Muhammad, an insult that apparently has the prophet rolling in his grave.
The teacher claims, with corroboration, that [...]
Bookworm on Oct 31 2007 | Filed under: Education, Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is one of those concepts that’s supposed to give all of us a nice, warm, fuzzy feeling. We’re all equal, we’re all wonderful. We’re no longer that icky old melting pot that forced minorities with exciting, dynamic cultures to subordinate themselves to a generic white America and become bland and meaningless. [...]
Bookworm on Oct 23 2007 | Filed under: Britain, Jihad, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence
I’m not saying this is the inevitable by-product of multiculturalism, but it’s very clear that, as to one Scottish young man, he failed completely to acquire a European/Scottish/British identity:
A British-born Muslim student has been jailed for eight years for a series of Islamist terrorism offences.
Mohammed Atif Siddique, 21, a shopkeeper’s son who has been described [...]
Bookworm on Oct 15 2007 | Filed under: Europe, Immigration, Multiculturalism
As you may recall, about 10 months ago, when I returned from a European vacation, one of the things I blogged about was Switzerland as part of a larger post I did about Europe’s changing face:
A train conversation with an unusually sweet lady in Switzerland resulted in my learning (correctly or not) that Switzerland, the [...]
Bookworm on Oct 03 2007 | Filed under: Abortion, Iraq, Islam, Jihad, Media matters, Multiculturalism, World War II
There’s a new movie out about “homegrown religious fundamentalists who kill in the name of God” — and Manolah Dargis, who writes movie reviews at The New York Times really wants to like it. You’ve got to admire Manolah. After all, who in America doesn’t want a solid documentary about the homegrown Western [...]
Bookworm on Sep 16 2007 | Filed under: 9/11, Anti-war, Multiculturalism
This is the beginning of yet another must-read Mark Steyn column:
This year I marked the anniversary of Sept. 11 by driving through Massachusetts. It wasn’t exactly planned that way, just the way things panned out. So, heading toward Boston, I tuned to Bay State radio talk-show colossus Howie Carr and heard him reading out portions [...]
Bookworm on Sep 02 2007 | Filed under: Media matters, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence
Twenty five newspapers refused to publish it, but you can see it here. It’s not one of Breathed’s best humor wise (not like some of his past cartoons), but it makes a bigger point and I say shame to the craven publishers who won’t run it.
Hat tip: Hot Air
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Bookworm on Aug 05 2007 | Filed under: Abortion, Anti-Semitism, Anti-war, Britain, Children, Elections, England, Europe, Israel, Judges, Judicial activism, Marriage, Media matters, Mitt Romney, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence, Presidential elections
I’m on another vacation, sitting in a cyber cafe, working at a small computer with a microscopic keyboard, so it must be random thoughts day. Thank goodness DQ is doing the heavy lifting.
The first thing that caught my interest is what Mitt said at the debate, which I really liked:
But it was Romney forced [...]
Bookworm on Jul 31 2007 | Filed under: Britain, Communism, Cuba, Education, Leftist morality, Multiculturalism, Political correctness
The Left (both at home and abroad) likes to revile the infamous American President “Chimpy-BusHitler,” but they seem to be taking a pass on some people that even the Left would have to concede have a bit more blood on their hands. Mike Adams and the American Thinker take on the results of that, [...]
Bookworm on Jul 31 2007 | Filed under: Islam, Multiculturalism
When my kids were at their old preschool, the school hired a very pleasant teaching assistant. At the end of a year, she suddenly showed up at school in a headscarf. The school was in a quandary. A lot of the parents, especially the mothers of the little girls, were very unhappy [...]
Bookworm on Apr 11 2007 | Filed under: African-Americans, Leftist morality, Liberal blogs, Multiculturalism
Long time readers may recognize the following, which is a recycled post from February 2005 (when I was still on Blogger). At the bottom, I’ll explain why I’m resurrecting it:
Remember from playground days how, when someone was picking on your little brother, you’d rush over to defend him, and announce to the perpetrators, “Only [...]
Bookworm on Dec 12 2006 | Filed under: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Multiculturalism
My personal feeling is that, while Obama may one day turn into a something, right now he’s pretty much a nothing: a very intelligent, but as yet untried man, with limited experience, and superficial views. What I’m gathering, though, is that on the Left, this very blankness is what makes him so appealing. [...]
Bookworm on Nov 30 2006 | Filed under: Education, Multiculturalism
My child came home yesterday with yet another spelling worksheet that contained a misspelling. But that’s not why I’m writing. She also came home with a math worksheet containing complicated problems she’d gotten wrong, and it was clear that the teacher had never bothered to enlighten her about the isues in that worksheet [...]
Bookworm on Nov 17 2006 | Filed under: Europe, Islam, Multiculturalism
I’ve known about it all day, and almost didn’t blog about it, since news gets stale so quickly. Nevertheless, it seemed almost morally wrong not to applaud the Dutch for their recent moment of spine: they’ve banned the burqa.
The Dutch government agreed on Friday a total ban on the wearing of burqas and [...]
Bookworm on Oct 24 2006 | Filed under: Islam, Multiculturalism, Religion
Over at American Thinker, you can read about Nyamko Sabuni, Sweden’s new Integration and Equality Minister. Contrary to the Orwellian overtones in that title, Ms. Sabuni, a Muslim, is vocally opposed to female circumcision and arranged marriages, among other things. The American Thinker squiblet takes Ms. Sabuni’s appointment as the opportunity to address [...]
