Tag Archives: anti-Semitic

Trying to reason with people on the existence of moderate Islam

By Mark | September 22, 2012

A few days ago, in a thread about the killing of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens a conservative Christian reader of this site, who goes by the name EOS, proclaimed definitively, “There is no such thing as moderate Islam regardless of how much we might wish it were so.” When confronted with facts, and asked to […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Al-Takeyya, Ansar al-Sharia, anti-American, anti-Islam, Benghazi, Chris Stevens, Doug Skinner, Islam, Islamophobia, jihad, Juan Cole, Kol Nidre, Libya, lying, moderate Islam, Mohamed al-Magariaf, radical Islam, Robert Spencer, Salafis, sodomy, xenophobia | 76 Comments

Walking the secret passageways of Harry Bennett’s heavily-fortified Ypsilanti castle

By Mark | February 21, 2012

I just received a note from Nathan Ayers, the guy who won the first $1,000 grant from A2Awesome. He wanted to let me know that, back in 1984, the television program PM Magazine ran a feature on Harry Bennett’s fortress on the banks of the Huron River, in Ypsilanti. Bennett, for those of you don’t […]

Posted in A2Awesome, History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged automotive industry, Battle of the Overpass, castles, Charles Coughlin, Communism, exotic animals, FDR, fear of Communism, Flint, Ford Hunger March, Ford Motor Company, Ford Service Department, Ford's Service Department, General Motors, Great Depression, Greenfield Village, Harry Bennett, Harry Bennett's Castle, Henry Ford, Hilter, Huron River, industrial revolution, labor history, lions, mansions, manufacturing, middle class, murder, Nathan Ayers, New Deal, PM Magazine, private armies, race baiting, River Rouge, safe house, secret passageways, strike breaking, threats to the middle class, tigers, turrets, union busting, Walter Reuther | 36 Comments

Helen Thomas and the limits of free speech

By Mark | December 6, 2010

Last Thursday, former White House correspondent Helen Thomas received a standing ovation in Dearborn, where she addressed a group of roughly 300 people, most of whom, I’m told, were non-Arab. Thomas, in addition to criticizing America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, talked about, “the whole question of money involved in politics” – which is to […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit, Media, Michigan | Also tagged Abe Foxman, Anti-Defamation League, Arab Americans, claims of Israel bashing, First Amendment, Free Speech, Helen Thomas, Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award, Israel, Palestine, the press, Wayne State University | 13 Comments

Will the Republican party survive the Tea Party?

By Mark | August 4, 2010

Mother Jones, if you haven’t seen it yet, has a great piece on Congressman Bob Inglis. Inglis, a Republican from South Carolina, recently lost his reelection bid – something which he credits in large part to the Tea Partification of the GOP. Here’s a clip: …It was the middle of a tough primary contest, and […]