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Martin DyckmanApril 9, 2015

In May of 1957, people across the nation were anxious over a decision that Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins was about to make in a legal controversy unlike any other. It concerned an extradition request for a fugitive couple from Massachusetts, but one that was far from routine. The charge was kidnapping, but the real issue, […]

Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2014

“Muslims in America and Europe say discrimination against them has seemed more pronounced after the Islamic State terrorists beheaded American and British journalists and aid workers. Hate-filled remarks on social media have also become more prevalent, especially since 9/11, when Facebook and Twitter did not yet exist,” began an article in the New York Daily […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 11, 2014

There was a different mood on the streets of London in early September 2001. Of course, some of the London suburbs had already taken on an Arabic flavor, but downtown was a different story on most days. London was always a very cosmopolitan city, filled with people in all kinds of attire, from all over […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 31, 2014

Like many an invention, the Internet is a tool in the service of both good and evil. Nothing but television rouses or riles the public as swiftly. But the Web makes no pretense of balance. The advantage goes to those who get there first. Although truth is the antidote to falsehood, the poison usually has […]

Guest AuthorJuly 1, 2014

Walt Disney, whose anthropomorphic bent morphed a large, rat-like urban scavenger into beloved Bambi and made us cry, was a piker compared to today’s U.S. Supreme Court. Or at least that five-guy majority bent on turning for-profit corporations into people. Thanks to the Supremes, corporations can donate front-end loaders of cash to political causes with […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 5, 2013

Terry Jones’ Sept. 11 picnic checklist: Matches? Check. Lighter fluid? Check. Three thousand Korans? Check. Ignorance and intolerance? Double check. Bring your own hot dogs. Jones – onetime anti-Islamic pastor and now anti-Islamic public nuisance – is up to his old tricks again. Say what you will about him, he is certainly single-minded. He really, […]

Tag: Muslims

Martin Dyckman: Will Florida Senate recognize that every child has the right to be loved?

Julie Harbin: Experts address questions about Islam, extremism

Ed Moore: Recalling the mood in London in early September 2001

Martin Dyckman: The Internet often gives us lies at light speed

Linda Cunningham: Hobby Lobby ruling puts us on a slippery legal slope

Cary McMullen: The unquenchable vengeance of Terry Jones