Free Republic

When fear of reprisal is the reason why British news outlets censor themselves, then the nation is no longer free, the battle against Islamic fanaticism has already been lost Among the artworks in the Islamic collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum are two beautiful paintings by 12th century Persian artists. One depicts Mohammed ascending to heaven and the other is a scene in which a prince is drinking wine while carousing with beautiful scantily clad women. Were the artists alive today they would be guilty of insulting Islam and sentenced to death by stoning in Iran. If they were...

The Pen is Mightier than the Sword By Norma Zager “Madness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations and ages it is the rule.” Friedrich Nietzsche What a visual. Little old women being led onto trucks headed for extermination camps. One says, “I’m not sure this is such a good idea. They may kill us.” The other answers, “Sha, Still. Do you want to make them mad?” Make them mad? As if madness were incumbent on the behavior of its victim. Were Ted Bundy’s victims the root cause of his madness? Was Oklahoma responsible for Timothy McVeigh’s evil...

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs tried to quiet speculation about a possible falling out between President ... ... Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown by taking aim at one of his favorite targets: the British media. "I think this is media generated," Gibbs told reporters on Air Force One. "Stop reading those London tabloids."

An investigation has been launched after a video of a topless French air stewardess performing a sexy striptease for the captain while the plane was flying was leaked on to the internet. Despite the plane being in the air - and with several hundred passengers presumably blissfully unaware of what is going on - the sexy cabin attendant removes her bra and lets the captain and co-pilot get hands on. The video was leaked onto the internet by members of the French crew and has sparked a major probe at several European airlines to discover the crew members responsible. In...

During the last week of the conflict in Iraq, the British press has given few Iraqis as much ink as Ali Ismail Abbas, the badly burned 12-year-old who lost his mother, his father and his arms during an American airstrike. His story is profoundly and obviously tragic... In today’s Daily Telegraph, Ali Ismail Abbas finally hits back: "'The journalists always promise to evacuate me - why don't they do it now?' he asked, his brow furrowed with pain and glistening with sweat." Day after day, reporters and camera crews have wallowed into Ali’s view, making promises they can’t keep.