08.18.2008 11:54 am

Anti-Americanism in Britain “based on misconceptions”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This story from the Telegraph details the results of a fascinating poll of Brits’ views of America.

Anti-Americanism in Britain has always been something of an oddity for pollsters, considering the historically and uniquely close alliance between the two nations. While British…

Iraqi sheikh offers to help fight al-Qaeda in Afghanistan

By Alex Mayer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An incredible story out of Iraq’s Anbar province from the New York Sun: “Iraqi Sheik Offers To Take Fight to Bin Laden”:

The leader of the tribal confederation that has fought to expel Al Qaeda from most of Iraq’s Anbar province is offering his…

Whither freedom of speech

By Alex Mayer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought. No subject must be taboo. No censor must preside at…

Anti-Americanism in Britain “based on misconceptions”

Iraqi sheikh offers to help fight al-Qaeda in Afghanistan

Whither freedom of speech

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