All Posts Tagged With: "Islam"
Churchill’s Folly: How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq
Americans, it is often said, are in general ignorant of history, both their own and that of other countries around the world. This lack of historical knowledge and understanding means that too many Americans cannot appreciate the context of many political events in other parts of the globe. For example, the political conflicts and atrocities [...]
5Jul2010 | Richard M. Ebeling | 0 comments | ContinuedSavoring “Three Cups of Tea”: An Essay on the Future of Politics
How can we make the world a better place? Truly this has been the $64,000 question of the modern age, and politicians and ideologists have bloodied the twentieth century clamoring against each other to offer the world their answer. Yet strangely, these disputing politicians and ideologists have all shared a basic premise. They have assumed [...]
1Apr2008 | James L. Payne | 28 comments | ContinuedWhatever Happened to the Egyptians?
“Governments are generally reluctant to admit mistakes and to change mistaken policies until much harm has been done.” —P. T. Bauer and B. S. Yamey 1 In Whatever Happened to the Egyptians? (American University in Cairo Press, 2000), a popular book in Egypt, author Galan Amin raises a good question. Thousands of years ago Egypt [...]
1Aug2001 | Mark Skousen | 0 comments | ContinuedIslam and the Discovery of Freedom
Mention “Islam” to most Americans and they think of Saddam Hussein or the Ayatollah Khomeini. It is popularly linked to violence and terrorism, which is unfortunate. Far from being synonymous with intolerance and bloodshed, Islam has a history of peace and respect for individual rights. One famous exponent of freedom who knew that was Rose [...]
1Sep1998 | George C. Leef | 1 comment | Continued-
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