L’Shana Tova to you, Senator Joe Lieberman: “I appeal to people who are planning to burn the Quran to reconsider and drop their plans because they are inconsistent with American values and, as General Petraeus has warned, threatening to America’s military. “We are at war against violent Islamist extremism, as propagated by al Qaeda, its [...]

Josh Rogin reports from a breakfast we both attended this morning with my favorite Dane, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The NATO civilian leader expressed his own opposition to the scheduled Florida Koran bonfire: “I strongly condemn that. I think it’s a disrespectful action and in general I really urge people to respect other people’s faith and [...]

I have a post up at Danger Room reporting on an Army-funded effort to build a portable laser to protect helicopters from heat-seeking missiles. And owing to this latest outburst of anti-Muslim hysteria, I’m compelled to note that the entire project is the brainchild of a University of Michigan professor named Mohammed Islam. During interviews [...]

I found President Obama’s brief tribute to this civil-rights hero who passed away on Monday to be justly elegant: Michelle and I are saddened by the passing of Jefferson Thomas, who as one of the “Little Rock Nine,” took a stand against segregation and helped open the eyes of our nation to the struggle for [...]

But maybe you’re the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainsville that just can’t resist a public religious desecration. And so: The U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Monday criticized a Florida church’s plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the demonstration “could cause significant problems” for American troops overseas. “It could endanger [...]

I love tattoos. And, to be corny, I love the people who serve in the military. These are two complementary tastes. Every generation of soldier, sailor, airman, marine & coast guardsman comes up with their own distinct style of body modification, staking a claim on their skin about who they are, what they stand for, [...]

And this is supposed to be Marvel’s year of the woman? Jesus. Why can’t I read a comic book/ free of suggestion. *Of course, the headline becomes tragically, awfully literal after you read Sady Doyle’s evisceration of Rivers Cuomo…

Marc Lynch argues that it’s not the extremist forums that matter in terms of Park51 fallout: That’s the opposite of the Arab mainstream, which is vigorously arguing about what it means for the future of America’s relationship with Muslims — both in America and in the world.  Where the anti-mosque movement and escalating anti-Islam rhetoric [...]

First up: Right, I’m home. No more breathing in clouds of Bagram dust or freezing in the bellies of C-17s. Thanks so much to Karaka, Adam, Mikey, Jenn and Matthew for their excellent guestblogging. Now I thought I’d pay some tribute to the next-up. 1. Wesley Morgan. I had the good fortune of bunking with [...]

OUTSIDE RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, IN A QUAINT-ASS GERMAN TOWN, Germany — I hate to say I told you so, starting way back in May. But now that the anti-Muslim bile against the unobjectionable Islamic center called Cordoba House has reached mainstream saturation, look what’s showing up on the internet: Evan F. Kohlmann, who tracks militant [...]