Muhammad vs. Muhammad: Myths and Realities About Islam's Founder
In 2006 I wrote the book, The Truth About Muhammad, a biography of the prophet of Islam based on the earliest Muslim accounts of his life, in order to illustrate what Muslims generally believe that Muhammad said and did. In my forthcoming book, Did Muhammad Exist? An...Straightening Out the Strait
Recently some of the fears that investors had focused on in the 11th hour debt negotiations in Greece have drifted southeastward towards the Strait of Hormuz. An increasingly bellicose Iran threatens to throw the world economy into confusion with the potential closure...A Well-Bred Doormat: The United States of America?
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, referring to Barack Obama and his foreign/defense policy: “He’s not only the most radical President in history domestically; he is the first President, Republican or Democrat, at least since...Romney: Not Ready for Prime Time
Mitt Romney’s defeat in the South Carolina primary shows how he’s not such a strong candidate after all, not generally or not against Barack Obama. Newt Gingrich was simply hurling the same insults at Romney as Barack Obama will do in greater force....Greatness Unrealized
A company hosts a press conference to show how caring and compassionate it is. The CEO of the company, dressed in a top-of-the-line suit, stands in front of the television cameras with his arms around a homeless man who has not bathed for several days. This, we are...The Truth About RomneyCare
Romney’s claim is disingenuous if not downright misleading.

