to my colleague Scott McLeod for apparently shaming the U.S. State Department into granting a visa to Abdulkarim Soroush, one of the most revered reform interpreters of the Qu’ran in the Islamic world. I met Soroush several years ago, and he is truly a saintly fellow, who has suffered mightily at the hands of religious [...]

A right-wing extremist exhibits many, but not necessarily all, of the following attributes: –believes that America is always, in every instance, the ultimate force of moral authority in the world. –believes that Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11—even if not directly, he was just that sort of guy. –sees transnational non-governmental groups like Human Rights [...]