Lightning Times

The Second Conversation

I've re-posted my piece The Second Conversation, which was originally published on August 19 in the now-defunct Media Tapper. Events since then - the Benghazi consulate attack and the attacks on Buddhists in Bangladesh - only further illustrate how eagerly Muslim extremists will seize on some perceived (or imagined), purely symbolic "insult" to excuse their own acts of violence. This must not be rewarded or tolerated.

Direct from Israel

Over at DIL1, go check out my impressions and photographs from my visit to Israel in November 2011. And there's my ongoing interview with an old friend who has been living for the last 21 years in Israel.