The shame of an alleged Liberal
This is the letter after that of Mr. Lewis. It’s almost worth buying the Independent just for the letters page. On second thoughts, no it’s not.
Sir: Is Jenny Tonge serious? (letter, 8 June). She argues that Palestinian suicide bombers are blowing themselves up in Iraq because “Israel’s security wall is forcing them to export themselves [...]
Terror group sends flowers
Even more extraordinary news from the Netherlands where Arjan Dasselaar of the Zacht Ei blog reports that the terrorist organisation the Hofstad Group (of which Theo Van Gogh’s murderer Mohammed Bouyeri was a member) has sent flowers as a gesture of thanks to VARA, the social-democrat TV station which broadcast the documentary smearing Ayaan Hirsi [...]
The War on Moral Cretinism
I’m grateful to Oliver Kamm for the inspiration to carry on blogging. I often wonder whether I’m wasting my time even worrying about the stuff that I write about here, but now at least I know that even if it is hopeless, it will never be pointless. For this revelation I have to thank Mr [...]