James Kirchick

318 days ago - Another day, another incident in which Muhammed – Peace be Upon Him – is "insulted."

331 days ago - Could supporters of a steadfast and muscular transatlantic Alliance ask for anything more out of this week's state visit by the new French president, the peripatetic and invigorating Nicolas Sarkozy?

353 days ago - Remember the "Axis of Evil?" That was the label President Bush bestowed upon three countries – Iraq, Iran and North Korea –in his 2002 State of the Union Address. His rhetoric was condemned by the usual suspects, furious that he would employ such "divisive bluster," in the words of New York Observer columnist Joe Conason. Rather than being too bold, however, it appears Bush did not go far enough.

368 days ago - Not since Cosmo Kramer refused to wear an AIDS ribbon has the issue of fastened garment ornamentation caused so much controversy.

382 days ago - C olumbia University President Lee Bollinger sure put on a heck of a show Monday.

396 days ago - The most reprehensible aspect of Idaho Senator Larry Craig’s June dust-up with the law was not his alleged solicitation of sex in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. Nor was it his unbelievable denial of said solicitation when later interrogated by police officers.

410 days ago - From 1915 to 1917, during the bloodiest years of World War I, the Turkish government murdered some 1.5 million Armenians. This was the first systematic genocide of the 20th century and a prelude to the Holocaust of European Jews.

424 days ago - On Sept. 11, 1857, 137 men, women and children traveling west to California stopped to rest at Mountain Meadows in Utah. Fearing a reprisal from the federal government, which opposed the nascent, theocratic state the Mormons had established in modern-day Utah, Mormon leader Brigham Young declared martial law in August of that year and said, “If any miserable scoundrels come here, cut their throats.” When this band of innocent pioneers entered the Mormon-controlled territory, a militia of apocalyptic Mormons slaughtered them, sparing just 17 of the youngest children.

452 days ago - On Tuesday, former President Jimmy Carter, retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, retired U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson and Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected president, announced the launching of a promising new initiative. Calling itself “The Elders,” the group plans to tackle a host of seemingly intractable global problems. Funding comes from Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Atlantic.

466 days ago - Within an hour after the release of Alan Johnston, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s correspondent in the Gaza Strip who had been held hostage by an outfit calling itself “The Army of Islam” since March, the accolades for the terrorist organization now running the territory came pouring in.

494 days ago - Sen. Joseph Biden provided a bleak reminder last week of just how much the Iraq war has muddled the Democrats’ foreign policy.

508 days ago - At the Republican presidential debate last week, Rep. Ron Paul explained why he thought al Qaeda terrorists attacked America on 9/11.