New in PJ Media: When the defendant entered the courtroom, he was dressed respectably in a blue button-down shirt and dark slacks. When his presence was announced, he stood up, said “Good morning,” and gave all present a cheery wave. And thus began one of the most important trials of our age, although everyone involved […]
Prosecutor of Rushdie attacker says he won’t discuss motive, defense attorney wants jurors screened for ‘prejudice’
Both Jason Schmidt and Nathaniel Barone are desperately afraid of charges of “Islamophobia,” and hope they can get through this whole thing without any mention of Islamic blasphemy or Khomeini’s fatwa, which, you see, might lead people to have “prejudice against people of Middle Eastern descent.” In what other attempted murder trial would both sides […]
Salman Rushdie Breaks His Silence Amid Continued Media Denial of Why He Was Attacked
New in PJ Media: Little has been heard from the renowned and notorious novelist Salman Rushdie since Aug. 12, 2022, the day that he was stabbed 15 times and severely injured while onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. But now he has given his first interview since the attack, and it has become clear that […]
New York Times, New York State Police say Rushdie stabber’s motive is unclear
The man’s motive couldn’t possibly be clearer. Salman Rushdie has had a death fatwa over his head since 1989. This is just more willful ignorance, a refusal to confront the ugly realities of jihad violence. “Salman Rushdie is attacked onstage in Western New York,” by Jay Root, David Gelles, Elizabeth A. Harris and Julia Jacobs, New York Times, August […]
Islamic supremacist academic Omid Safi recommends that the U.S. disarm in the face of the advancing jihad
One of the most unfortunate aspects of the politically correct straitjacket that binds contemporary public discourse is that deceitful mediocrities and intellectual flotsam and jetsam who aren’t capable of independent thought or of defending their own positions except with lies and scorn are lauded and lionized by the clueless and compromised elites, solely because they […]