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  • Islam and Its White Slaves

    Islam and Its White Slaves0

    The Forgotten Slave Trade: The White European Slaves of Islam, by Simon Webb (Pen and Sword History; 208 pp., $39.95). In America, public discussion about slavery—when it doesn’t devolve into BLM activists burning cities or congressmen bending the knee—is premised on important but erroneous assumptions: only blacks have been enslaved; black slavery was racially motivated; discussion

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  • ISIS Has Weaponized Children

    ISIS Has Weaponized Children0

    • May 24, 2017

    In claiming responsibility for the attack in Manchester at an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, the Islamic State group has sunk to a new low. We have seen terrorists target venues where young people congregate before – shopping malls, discos and schools. If IS was indeed involved, they have now deliberately targeted young children,

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  • ISIS commits genocide against Yazidi, Christians, and Shiites

    ISIS commits genocide against Yazidi, Christians, and Shiites0

    The world has watched the evils of ISIS for too many years now. On March 17, Secretary of State John Kerry declared that the United States has officially determined that the group’s actions officially constitute genocide. The move by the State Department follows unanimously passed resolution by the House of Representatives that labeled ISIS atrocities

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  • Isaac Asimov’s ‘Foundation’: The Science Fiction Masterpiece You Probably Haven’t Read

    Isaac Asimov’s ‘Foundation’: The Science Fiction Masterpiece You Probably Haven’t Read0

    What if we could use science to predict the future of humankind and, thereby, prevent the collapse of civilization as a result of wars, economic crises or any other unforeseen event that could endanger its existence? This is the starting point of the Foundation saga, a series of seven books written by the brilliant and

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  • Is Your Vocabulary Worse Than Your Ancestors’?

    Is Your Vocabulary Worse Than Your Ancestors’?6

    “Are Americans more intelligent than a few decades ago, or less intelligent?” Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell, and Ryne A. Sherman asked this question in their 2019 paper, “Declines in Vocabulary Among American Adults Within Levels of Educational Attainment, 1974–2016.” To answer one angle of this inquiry, they examined American’s vocabulary over the last

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  • Is Your Smartphone Making You Paranoid?

    Is Your Smartphone Making You Paranoid?0

    Imagine you are visiting a new city and get lost on your way to that famous must-see museum. In times of yore – actually just about 10 years ago – you might have had to consult a friendly local to direct you. Today, with all the friendly locals still very much around you on the

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