The Road to Fatima Gate
Michael Totten is one of the most intrepid reporters that you’ve never heard of. He (mostly) travels alone, he stays independent, he talks to the people on the street and he reports exactly what he sees and hears. He’s seemingly unafraid of Islamic radicals or anyone else.
Political and Economic Wrangling Over the Pentateuch
It wouldn’t surprise me a bit to learn that Adam already knows about this theory. But it was news to me and fairly fascinating to boot.
I just finished Richard Friedman’s Who Wrote the Bible? It’s a classic popularization of the Documentary Hypothesis, which claims that the Pentateuch (the first five books of the …
A Sign of Hope in Gaza?
This seems like a good sign:
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit harshly censured Hamas today (27 Dec), placing responsibility for the current situation on Hamas. At a noon press conference broadcast on Egyptian television, he said that Egypt had repeatedly cautioned against continuing the situation and that whoever did not listen (Hamas) should …
Catching Up on Gaza
On Sunday, my pastor mentioned the new violence in Gaza. It surprised me, because I hadn’t read any news reports all weekend long. I spent today getting caught up on the events. Here’s what I found out: Israel attacked Hamas.
Israel launched Saturday morning the start of a massive offensive against Qassam rocket and …
Israel's Attack on Syria
About a month ago, the Israeli Defense Force bombed a target inside Syria. This is a bit of a problem for Syria.
If you believe the Syrian foreign minister, then the Israelis flew through the heart of his nation’s air defenses–apparently undetected–to strike at targets near the country’s eastern border. And it wouldn’t be …