“Reid Smith” on The Daily Caller

I can understand the outrage. (more)

The burqa is many things to many people. (more)

Iraq’s Political Stalemate: Democracy’s Endgame? (more)

Speaking on Valentine’s Day before the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasized the importance of bringing new harmony to the to the wearying ballad of Arab-Israeli peace efforts. (more)

Last week, South Africans took pause to commemorate the defining chapter in their country’s history. Some twenty years ago, on Feb. 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela emerged from the Victor Vester Prison after 27 years of political captivity. His famed “long walk” back to public life foreshadowed the end of apartheid—the vicious social framework that had segregated and disenfranchised black South Africans for decades. Mandela offered his countrymen a “rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world,” and dedicated himself to making that dream a reality. (more)

In this case, the calm before the storm may be contrived. (more)

We might have known that come election time in Iraq, it’s rarely the voting that counts. (more)