Vladimir Putin hates America, he wants to hurt us. Suddenly Vladimir Putin is a good guy, Russia is okay, no it's not. Russia is evil, Russia is our enemy.

If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.

The extremes to which Western elites will go to avoid blaming radical Islam for terrorism cripples our efforts to protect innocent Muslims. Terrified of offending butchers, we insist that we're the bigots, not them. We make excuses for monsters.

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.

Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.

Social peace requires reciprocity.

Human beings may hate a distant enemy in theory, but they generally prefer to kill their neighbors.