'Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape....   more »

The following comes to us from an internet poster by the handle "wazzup". I couldn't resist bringing it to ASKEW.   more »

The PC community perpetuates - probably unwittingly - several myths about the good of Islam. . .   more »

God Bless Tim Hardaway. The former NBA All-Star put his foot in his mouth, and is paying a high personal price for it. But he sparked a debate that is an important one: are Americans ready to allow Political Correctness to trump Freedom?more »

Efforts of muslim immigrants to challenge the host countries can threaten your safety.   more »

Increasingly, opposition politics involves openly interfering with the efforts of our government to win the war on terror. When do we say “enough is enough”, and “treason is treason”?   more »

Our friend, Amil Imani, has some very interesting thoughts on the history of Islam and modern slavery. . .   more »

The U.N speaks out against human rights violations in Iran, but a closer look reveals that there is a growing rift amongst ideologies represented at the General Assembly, as Iran's threat looms on our horizon...    more »

Iranian ex-patriot writer and friend of ASKEW, Amil Imani, explains why "Islam" and "Apartheid" may in some quarters be synonymous...   more »

One of our favorite writers, Iranian ex-patriot Amil Imani, gives his take on the Holocaust conference in Iran.   more »

In a free society, we depend upon the press to give us both sides of an issue, not just the one they want us to know. . .   more »

Democratic Representative Charles Rangel's promise to call early in 2007 for a reintroduction of the military draft will likely cause some chuckles in Congress - this comes in a long string of Rangel's using the issue of a new draft to stimulate discussion of racial discrimination. But his latest public discussion has caused something else mighty interesting: an overwhelmingly negative reaction from America's youth.   more »

A relatively recent demographic change—significant increase in Muslim population—poses a serious challenge to the American system of governance—democracy.   more »

As American government officials bicker over when and how to end the conflict in Iraq, struggling U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq are becoming increasingly concerned about the capabilities of Iraq's U.S.-trained police force, following a week of violence in which it was difficult to tell whether the Iraqi police know what their job is.   more »

Perhaps we need to revisit Europe under Nazi control in order to recognize the current menace.   more »

I find this fascinating; as I read the article (please do so at the link above - it's a long one with a lot of detail I haven't posted), I confess I noticed my mouth was hanging open. Not because the British have the audacity to do this - I have no such overly-PC convictions - more power to them. But because this wouldn't work here. I have to wonder if the atmosphere in UK universities is so much different from that of those here in the U.S.   more »

Dear Senator Kerry,
I am a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. I am currently on my second tour in Iraq, a tour in which I volunteered for. I speak Arabic and Spanish and I plan to tackle Persian Farsi soon. I have a Bachelors and an Associates Degree and between deployments I am pursuing an M.B.A.   more »