Mob Rule on College Campuses
Originally written November 29 2006 at SFGate.com
America’s college campuses, once thought to be bastions of free speech, have become increasingly intolerant toward the practice....
The Truth About 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
This article was first posted April 19 2006
With the upcoming release of the film “United 93,” the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have...
Homeless by the bay
When San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom initiated a program in conjunction with Google last month to provide phone and messaging facilities to the homeless,...
Political Correctness: It’s To Die For
In my column on the foiled UK terror plot, I ended by asking whether political correctness is really worth dying for?
Indeed, the entire...
Honor killings: When the ancient and the modern collide
Throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, young Muslim women are being targeted for violence. Lest it be thought hate crimes are to blame,...
Listening To Legal Immigrants
For several months, Americans have been embroiled in a national debate over illegal immigration. On one side you have those pushing for guest-worker programs, amnesty...
When Speech Becomes a Crime
Originally published June 28 2006
Roman Catholic Robert Smith is fired from an appointment on the Washington Metro transit authority board by Maryland Governor...
A History Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
written July 6 2005
Americans were busy enjoying the Fourth of July this past weekend, but how many of them took the time to think...
African American Figures Break From Pack
When Juan Williams set out to write his new book, “Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black...
Post 9/11: The Fight Must Go On
Eight years after the Islamic terrorist attacks of 9/11, it appears that America has largely drifted back into complacency. Certainly, many Americans still understand...
When Speech Becomes a Crime
Roman Catholic Robert Smith is fired from an appointment on the Washington Metro transit authority board by Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich for the crime...
Savage vs. CAIR: The battle over free speech
Originally posted to the San Francisco Chronicle Dec. 19, 2007
Editor’s note: This column makes reference to “CAIR”, the Islamic organization in the U.S., but...
Honoring the Memory of Daniel Wultz
In times of war, when daily doses of death and destruction are the norm, one learns to steel oneself against the tide of bad...
Anti-War Miseducation in San Francisco
San Francisco has long been known as a bastion of anti-war sentiment. And as the oft-repeated mantra goes, local peace activists support the troops,...
The London Conspiracy-Theories: Here We Go Again
The dust hadn’t even settled after the terrorist atrocities in London and already the conspiracy-theories and self-recrimination had begun. Unwilling to blame the actual...
