Terror Fails as Long as We Stay Grounded

Terror Fails as Long as We Stay Grounded

Paul Thomas2016-03-26 Are the terrorists winning? Donald Trump thinks they are – “totally.” But, as goodtime girl Mandy Rice-Davies said when told a married aristocrat denied having slept with her: “Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he?” Trump’s candidacy is based on...
Charlie Hebdo and the But Brigade

Charlie Hebdo and the But Brigade

Paul Thomas2015-01-16 Writer Salman Rushdie, who knows a thing or two about attacks on freedom of expression, calls them the “But Brigade”: those who deplored the Charlie Hebdo massacre, but then watered down their condemnation with context, caveats, extrapolations...