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Columns and Articles by Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman

June 02, 2016

Letters to Editors: Primary Elections and Slavery Statistics


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December 06, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Ignoring the Obvious!


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November 21, 2015

Is the Paris Massacre a Game Changer?


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September 21, 2015

Another View of Pope Francis


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July 04, 2015

Human Rights Widen In the West, Vanish Elsewhere.


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June 20, 2015

Defunding Israel but Blind to Islamophobia Ripoffs?


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May 09, 2015

Europe?s Newest Invasion needs Tough Love.


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April 25, 2015

When is "Economic Information" Espionage?


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January 17, 2015

Whose Fault Are the French Jihadi Murders?


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January 10, 2015

Terrorists: "Insult us and we kill you."


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January 03, 2015

Youth who seek "meaning" find it in bad places.


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December 20, 2014

Belief and Writing: It Must Be True If It Is Written Down.


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December 06, 2014

Is Iran?s Islamic Revolution Melting?


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November 08, 2014

Debates About "Intrinsic Islam"


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October 11, 2014

What Makes a British Muslim An Executioner?


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September 27, 2014

Will Islam Address Its Internal Crisis?


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September 13, 2014

Conflicting Views of the President's Foreign Policy


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August 30, 2014

Al Qaeda Spawned A Monster Child, The Islamic Caliphate.


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August 16, 2014

Proxy Wars Have Unanticipated Consequences


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August 02, 2014

Can Wars Be Proportional?


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July 19, 2014

Are ISIS and ISIL Based on Religion or Ideology?


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July 05, 2014

The Borders in the Middle East are Changing.


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June 21, 2014

US Foreign Policy: Does History Repeat Itself? (Part 2 of 2)


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June 07, 2014

US Foreign Policy: What Are Our Goals and Priorities? (Part 1 of 2)


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April 26, 2014

Why Are We the World’s Policemen?


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March 08, 2014

The Russian Bear Still Has Teeth Laina Farhat-Holzman


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February 22, 2014

Let's Give them a Big Hand: Current Darwin Awards


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February 08, 2014

Movies are America’s Soft Power


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January 25, 2014

Turkey: How to Lose a Democracy


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December 28, 2013

India and China Are Not in the Same League.


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December 14, 2013

Alarms Bells Are Going Off As Al Qaeda Networks Spread.


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November 30, 2013

The Politically Correct Only Recognize “Selective Slavery.”


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November 23, 2013

Iran Has Reasons for a Deal.


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November 02, 2013

The “World Community” Has Double Standards.


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October 19, 2013

Democracy Has Strings Attached.


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October 05, 2013

Whistle Blowing: One Size Doesn’t Fit All.


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September 21, 2013

Is the US the World's Policeman?


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September 07, 2013

Syria: International Norms Have No Teeth without the US


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August 31, 2013

Darwin Awards: People Who Should Not Be Part of the Gene Pool


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August 17, 2013

How Do We Know that Domestic Violence is an “Epidemic?”


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August 06, 2013

The Muslim World Is Facing an Internal Crisis.


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July 20, 2013

Egypt’s Problems Go Beyond Morsi.


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July 06, 2013

Russia is an Enigma Wrapped in a Mystery


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June 29, 2013

In Defense of Dead White Men


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June 22, 2013

Are We in an Everlasting War?


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June 15, 2013

The Chechens Are a Model of Dysfunction.


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May 25, 2013

“I'll Eat His Liver---But Not With Chianti.”


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March 30, 2013

The Latest Global Population Numbers Produce Surprises.


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March 16, 2013

Foreign Policy: When Is Humanitarian Intervention in our Interest?


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February 16, 2013

Here Are the Annual Darwin Awards


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February 02, 2013

Algeria’s Bloody Siege Shows Al Qaeda Gone Global


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January 19, 2013

Sex Crimes Are Part of the War Against Women and Modernity.


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January 05, 2013

The Urban-Rural Conflict is Central to Today's Global Dysfunction.


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December 22, 2012

Peace On Earth Is a Real Challenge.


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Peace On Earth Is a Real Challenge.


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December 08, 2012

Should National Defense be "Proportional?"


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November 24, 2012

The Russians Are Looking Like Their Old Selves Again.


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November 10, 2012

The Real Benghazi Problem Is Not Being Addressed.


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October 27, 2012

The President and Challenger Tangle on Foreign Policy


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September 29, 2012

Are Israel and the US Really Locking Horns Over Iran?


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September 22, 2012

The Fog of War is Nothing to the Fog of the Muslim World.


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September 15, 2012

When is Cultural Criticism “Racism?”


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August 18, 2012

Egypt Has Post-Election Blues.


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August 04, 2012

Why Do We Give a Pass to Evil?


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July 21, 2012

Facts Have Nothing to Do With Righteous Belief!


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July 07, 2012

Does Equality Mean “The Same?”


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June 09, 2012

Now the Pentagon is Being Muzzled for Being “Critical of Islam.”


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May 26, 2012

What Is Making Population Numbers Crash?


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May 12, 2012

Should the New York Security Police Be Called Off?


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April 28, 2012

Fear and Loathing or Analysis and Perspective?


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April 14, 2012

What Has Become of Academic Critical Thinking?


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March 31, 2012

France Dropped the Ball with their Murderous Jihadi.


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March 17, 2012

Denial is not a river in Egypt.


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March 03, 2012

Koran Burning Spurs Obnoxious Protests.


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February 18, 2012

Time to Revisit the Abused “L” Word, “L” for “Liberal.”


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February 04, 2012

Religious Intolerance is the World's Normal. Can it Be Fixed?


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January 21, 2012

Attacking the British Embassy is an Iranian Rite of Passage.


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January 07, 2012

Arab Spring Is a Conflict between Religion and Nationalism.


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December 24, 2011

Immigrants and refugees: Is There Room at the Inn?


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December 17, 2011

US Law is Wrestling with Complexities of Antiterrorism


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November 19, 2011

Do We Have an Epidemic of Sexual Abuse?


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November 12, 2011

Power to the People! Round Up the Usual Suspects!


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October 15, 2011

What are the Best and Worst Countries for Women? (Part 2)


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October 08, 2011

How Goes It With Marriage Around the World?(Part 1)


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September 24, 2011

U.N. “Anti-Racism” Conference Attacks “Islamophobia”


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September 10, 2011

Let Us Put the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 In Context.


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August 27, 2011

Does Free Speech Include Hacking and Mayhem?


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August 20, 2011

Do We Know What Makes People Evil?


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August 06, 2011

We Need Perspective On Norway’s Terror Attack


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July 30, 2011

Some People Choose Bad Bedfellows for Their Summer Vacation


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July 16, 2011

Heavy Lies the Saudi Head That Wears the Crown.


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July 02, 2011

Some Democracies Are Not Wonderful.


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June 25, 2011

Is Turkey Still A Secular Muslim Model?


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June 11, 2011

Sometimes Marriage and Childbirth Customs Have Serious Consequences.


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May 28, 2011

Iran, Like Some Here, Also Believes In Apocalyptic Myths.


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May 14, 2011

After Arab Spring, Then What?


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May 07, 2011

Does the Bin Laden Decapitated Snake Still Have Life?


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April 30, 2011

Beware of Robot Hummingbirds and Other Spying Creatures


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April 16, 2011

How Do We Deal With “Sticks and Stones?”


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April 02, 2011

Is Peace Breaking Out in the Middle East?


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March 19, 2011

Why Is There Hysteria Over Radical Islam Hearings?


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March 05, 2011

How Goes It With Women Around the World?


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February 19, 2011

Why Egypt and Not Iran?


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February 05, 2011

Can “Power to the People” Get Egyptians Democracy?


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January 29, 2011

Tunisia Is Not the Model For Other Arab World “Revolutions”


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January 15, 2011

Why Do We Hate Government?


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January 08, 2011

What Is “American Exceptionalism?”


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December 25, 2010

Being Nice Hasn’t Protected Sweden.


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December 11, 2010

How Fragile is Civilization and How Thoughtless is Anarchy!


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December 03, 2010

What Can We Do About Fear of Flying?


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November 19, 2010

Sometimes Important News Hides in the Back Pages.


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November 06, 2010

Is the West Really Islamophobic—Or Under Attack?


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October 23, 2010

Why Are We No Longer On The Same Page?


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October 09, 2010

“The Sky Is Falling” Is Alive and Well—Again.


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September 24, 2010

What “World Opinion” Are We Talking About?


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September 11, 2010

Sticks and Stones Go Big Time.


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September 10, 2010

Is There Any Hope for Afghanistan?


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September 04, 2010

Germany Has Had a Curious Century of Islamic Relations.


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August 21, 2010

How About a Mosque at Ground Zero?


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August 07, 2010

When is IQ a Major Security Issue?


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July 24, 2010

Why Do Dead Ideas Continue to Haunt Us?


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July 10, 2010

Does Enlightened Self-Interest Rule the World?


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June 12, 2010

Let’s Have Another Look at the “Humanitarian” Flotilla


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June 05, 2010

Some Bedfellows are Incomprehensible


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May 22, 2010

Why is Sex Such a Global Problem?


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May 08, 2010

Good Old “May Day” Comes Back From the Dead


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May 01, 2010

Annual Darwin Awards?


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April 17, 2010

What Makes President Karzai Tick?


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April 03, 2010

Tea Party Buffs and the Far Left are Buddies.


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March 27, 2010

Was There an Original Human Religion?


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March 13, 2010

Greece is in the Grip of Denial.


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February 27, 2010

Who Is “An Enemy of God?”


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February 13, 2010

Why Do Small Businesses Get So Little Respect?


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October 05, 2009

Is There Any Hope for Afghanistan?


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July 18, 2009

The Iranian Revolution May Be In Phase Two


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January 10, 2009

Why is War Always “Disproportionate”?


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