The Top Five Lies About Islam You Probably Learned in Church
Amidst the blur of violent, tragic events in Afghanistan, The Stream decided to ask for some perspective from an expert on the Islamic faith and its links to political conflict and violence, author William Kilpatrick. John Zmirak: You’re an expert on Islam. You...
Are Progressive Catholics a Threat to the World?
For twenty years we have been fighting a global war on terror without much to show for it. This lack of success stems from a deception at the heart of the war effort. The deception is to call it a war on terror when it is, in fact, a war on Islamic terror. For twenty...
The Fall of Afghanistan and the Resurgence of Radical Islam
Sunday’s Taliban victory administered a jolt to complacent Americans. But many such jolts have been administered over the years, and after each one we retreat again into complacency. As I write this, the news is full of reports that Kabul has fallen to the Taliban,...
Will Europe Choose Islam?
As the influence of Islam on European society has increased, so have anti-Christian attitudes. While civil authorities have gone out of their way to accommodate both Muslim immigrants and Muslim beliefs, their treatment of Christians has been quite different. One form...
The Know-Nothing Argument for Increased Immigration
With President Biden seemingly determined to cram half of the world within our borders, let’s revisit the time-worn argument that American Catholics were once immigrants. “In order to protect Americans, the United States must ensure that those admitted to this country...
Is Joe Biden’s Confusion a Heaven-sent Sign?
Suppose you were watching a recent edition of The Ingraham Angle on Fox News with your 12-year-old son or daughter. Laura Ingraham and Raymond Arroyo were discussing President Biden’s incoherent responses to questions posed to him during a CNN Townhall event. Here’s a...
Milley, the Military, and Marxism
In Dr. Strangelove, one of the finest dark comedies ever filmed, international security is threatened by a right-wing Air Force general who has a paranoid obsession about a “commie” plot to fluoridate the water supply and thus sap Americans of their “precious bodily...
An Imaginary Interview with Pope Francis
As he has often done before, Pope Francis recently rebuked “rigid” Catholics who live in the past and are therefore unable to offer “solutions to the crisis of today.” In an imaginary interview, I asked Francis to expand on this and other matters. WK: Some...
Pride Goeth Before a Fall
Seven years ago, I wrote a dark comedy about political correctness run amok in the military. To quote from the back cover of Insecurity, “Gays, Muslims, and security threats are multiplying at Fort Camp, but no one seems to notice.” The Muslim officers at Fort Camp...
The Flight of the Hindenburg
Below is a brief excerpt from my comic novel, Insecurity, which captures the topsy-turvy nature of our “woke” society. The story concerns a plot by radical Muslim officers to take over the Army and then the government. Coincidentally, we are currently witnessing...
