by Jeffry Halverson This morning I was forwarded an Op-Ed from the Chronicle of Higher Education written by Carlin Romano, a journalist and scholar of media theory at the University of Pennsylvania. Entitled “Of Minarets and Massacres,” the Op-Ed came across as an opportunistic diatribe against what Romano sees as the egregious hypocrisy of Muslims [...]

by Steven R. Corman Yesterday MEMRI released two dispatches on Middle East media coverage of President Bush’s just-completed visit. The Egyptian dispatch is mixed, harshly criticizing Bush but reaffirming the strategic importance of the U.S.-Egypt relationship. But what really caught my eye was the dispatch from Qatar. Qatar is generally considered one of the more [...]

If terrorism is a threat to the American way of life, what better testament to American values could college students make than going about their regular routines without fear of vague threats?

Fostering ripe relationships with Syria will allow for more negotiation as an alternative to military force, an alternative more likely to end an intractable conflict than more violence.

The Middle East craves children’s programming, and programming that teaches acceptance by complicating polarizations could fill that void.