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The Worst Columnist in the Sunday NY Times: Nicholas D. Kristof—plus some thoughts on Labor Day
Once again, yesterday's Sunday New York Times treated us to the wisdom of Nicholas D. Kristof. It's getting so bad that we have to decide which columnist is worse than the other — Frank Rich or Kristof. One may disagree, but this week I give Kristof the distinction of the single worst column in the paper.
Entitled "America's History of Fear," Kristof's piece tried to explore why some Americans and New Yorkers might oppose the Park51 mosque. First, Kristof explains that bigotry is not "the only reason why someone might oppose the Islamic center in Lower Manhattan." Then he proceeds as expected to show his readers why obviously that is precisely the reason why they oppose the mosque!
How does Kristof accomplish this? Not by seeking to prove that all the reasons given for opposition to the mosque stem from bigotry. That would be too difficult, since he would have to scrounge around to find the bigots. He might attack Glenn Beck, but as we all know, at the Mall rally last week Beck included praying for non-violence in one's mosques, which he listed alongside churches and synagogues.
So what Kristof does is recite the old litany of well-known episodes of bigotry in America's past, largely taken from the 19th century and early 20th century. We have the stories about anti-Irish, anti-German, anti-Italian, and anti-Asian bigots who have risen up in those periods. We had the Know Nothing movement that opposed the "Catholic menace"; the opposition to Irish immigrants — "No Irish Need Aply," as the signs said at many business establishments; the WASP opponents of Jewish immigrants; the failure of the United States to allow thousands of Jews to gain freedom here during the start of the Holocaust; and of course the Japanese internment, which took place during the liberal presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
No one is proud of this sorry record in our country. As Kristof acknowledges, "most American stayed on the sidelines during these spasms of bigotry." But still, he cannot help but use it to prove how bigoted our countrymen were in the past. The purpose: to show that we are just as bigoted today, except now, we attack Muslims rather than Catholics or Jews.
And, as Kristof himself realizes, the problem is that "some extremist Muslims do plot to blow up planes, and Islam has real problems to work out about the rights of women." Tell that to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, whom in an earlier book review Kristof savagely attacked. She had told her father that "Islam is full of misogyny," which upsets the columnist a great deal. He found her book "strident, potentially feeding religious bigotry." So it seems that telling the truth about radical Islam is — you got it — nothing but bigotry.
He went on to again qualify his remark: "The repression of women, the persecution complexes, the lack of democracy, the volatility, the anti-Semitism, the difficulties modernizing, the disproportionate role in terrorism — those are all real. But if those were the only faces of Islam, it wouldn't be one of the fastest-growing religions in the world today."
So there must be in his eyes another existing and just as powerful moderate Islam. The problem is that he can't find it. He claims, however: "There is also the warm hospitality toward guests, including Christians and Jews; charity for the poor; the aesthetic beauty of Koranic Arabic; the sense of democratic unity as rich and poor pray shoulder to shoulder in the mosque."
The truth, however, was told by Bernard Lewis, who wrote: "For the moment, there does not seem to be much prospect of a moderate Islam in the modern world. This is party because in the prevailing atmosphere the expression of moderate ideas can be dangerous — even life threatening." No wonder Kristof does not give his readers examples of the Islam he admires. He can't find any.
And in the same Wall Street Journal forum, Akbar Ahmed pointed out that there are three strains in Islam today: mystic, modernist, and literalist. The third is today the majority view among practitioners of Islam; they believe they are under attack from infidels, and many of them advocate violence to stop their enemies. "Movements like the Muslim Brotherhood," he writes, "Hamas, and the Taliban belong to this category." And in his contribution, Tawfik Hamid writes that real moderate Muslims "must be honest enough to admit that Islam has been used in a violent manner … to seek domination over others." To claim that Islam is only a peaceful religion "is a form of deception that makes things worse by failing to acknowledge the existence of the problem."
That last observation by Mr. Hamid refers perfectly to the approach of Nicholas Kristof. Indeed, Kristof goes on in his column yesterday with the largest misleading sentence in his article. Noting that in past decades anti-Catholics used the acts of "the most venal wing of the Catholic Church as representative of all Catholicism," he then writes, "fundamentalist Wahabis (sic) today are caricatured as more representative of Islam than the incomparably more numerous moderate Muslims of Indonesia."
As Mr. Kristof should note, however, the problem in the United States is that about eighty percent of American mosques are funded by the Saudis, and indeed are Wahhabi institutions. Scores of articles have appeared detailing the kind of words spoken therein by Imams, and the nature of the writings and textbooks they use in their schools — which promote anti-Semitism, opposition to Christians and other infidels, the institution of Sharia law, and the waging of Jihad.
54 Comments, 31 Threads
1. Morton Doodslag
I cannot comprehend the enduring hatred for America from those on the Left. They dismiss what we all saw 9/11, and as those memories recede, they now are found amplifying their ominous warnings that the real danger stems, not from the primitive barbarians of Islam who slaughter every day, but from the seething Nazis citizens of the USA. Clearly their hatred is abiding. In that they are little different than the Muslim abominations which call for our destruction. In that, Leftist Americans are philosophically much closer to al Qaeda, Saudi Wahhabists, and the Taliban than they are to their fellow countrymen.September 6, 2010 - 12:26 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
"I cannot comprehend the enduring hatred for America from those on the Left."
The left is allied with Islam and the ruling class in Europe to destroy the middle class in the US. We are their mutual mortal enemy. We are the barrier that prevents the American left from siezing complete power (which is why they hate us). Because the elitists inability (so far) to submit (despite the deliberate destruction of the world econmy), the European elites are unable to use American wealth and power to rescue Europe from its inevitable decline. And Islam joins the coalition because they know that America under the ruling elites will not oppose them for long.
Examine every action and you will see a highly consistent pattern. Everything the Obamaites do is either a direct attack on the power of the American middle class, or forwards the interests of their allies.
We have seen the enemy and they have the high ground in our own country.September 6, 2010 - 4:10 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Jack Olson
Morton, just about all people seek reasons to feel superior to others. Leftists do this through moral preening. It makes no logical sense to argue that because the USA was intolerant of Catholics 150 years ago, it is immorally intolerant to object to a mosque today at the site of the mass murder of thousands of Americans by Muslims. Yet, leftists don't need logic, they need a reason to feel superior, and any nonsensical argument will serve that purpose.September 7, 2010 - 5:48 am Link to this Comment | Reply
2. Judy K. Warner
This is a great takedown of Kristoff, Ron — and of all of the useful idiots.September 6, 2010 - 2:39 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
3. Christine Moran
Freedom of religion idiots! If you believe ALL Muslim hate the US then I believe ALL priests molest kids.September 6, 2010 - 4:33 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Andronicus Beneficus
wow! What an intellectual response ! But is Islam a religion or a cult ? I'd go with the latter.September 6, 2010 - 7:41 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Show us your Koran, darlin'.September 7, 2010 - 2:09 am Link to this Comment | Reply
4. David Thomson
It has long been rumored that anyone employed by the New york Times must go out of their way to please Pinch Sulzberger. We can pretty well take it for granted that Nicholas Kristof is no exception. These people simply must be marginalized. They are intellectually incompetent. I almost feel tempted to pity Kristoff—until I realize that he is almost certainly "earning" a six figure annual income.September 6, 2010 - 4:46 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
I believe it's "Punch." He just lost his wife and word is he suffers from dementia. Not sure how much influence he wields at the NYT.
5. Peter G
I agree that radical Islam is a major—and potentially underestimated problem—but what's also fascinating is that Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal appears to be a big-time shareholder of Fox News, so without further qualification, the generic phrase "funded by the Saudis" doesn't really mean much one way or another.September 6, 2010 - 4:49 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Peter, that is an intellectually lazy argument. The Prince may be a shareholder, but it does not lead to "funded by the Saudis." Unless he bought shares at the IPO, his money did not go to Fox News Corp.September 7, 2010 - 7:29 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Not may be. Is. By all accounts, the Saudi prince owns 7% of News Corp.September 7, 2010 - 6:25 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
6. tere616
Well, I'm not American Citizen, but reading Nicholas Kristof coloumn and blog, I must say that he is right, fear and lack of knowledge of others religion tend to intolerance.
Saudi maybe founded the mosque in America but not all Muslim America wants to do the jihad, same as Indonesia, there are Islam fanatical which brings the violence but there are also non fanatical Islam. How all of you can be judgemental by saying that they want to change America to implement Sharia law ? Even in Indonesia we don't want Sharia to be Indonesian law.
Being a catholic in Muslim majority country is not easy even though I must say now that at some point I'm lucky compare to Islam people who lives in your country.
Don't be too judgemental, yes, I cursed 9/11, so do muslim people all over the world (except Taliban and the fanatical). But please do understand their religion too and respect their Quran (I read that some church in Florida plan to burn the Quran).
Well, this is my 2cents.September 6, 2010 - 5:17 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
7. Jack
"We are tolerant; we are for freedom of religion; we only do not want to be ostriches with our heads in the sand, denying the reality of radical Islam and exaggerating the extent and power of a practically non-existent moderate Islam."
Ron Radosh, with the aforementioned you managed to express my sentiments exactly. No matter how often I have spoken or written on the subject, I did not even come close to expressing these sentiments as clearly and effectively as you have in those few words.
In your next article would you please address the solution? what practical measures or solutions must we implement to combat the growing threat of Islamism both domestically and abroad.September 6, 2010 - 5:20 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
8. shahid shah
It's a heart breaking article.How can you judge the religion by mentioning few negative examples.If you say America is dangerous place for women, because every few minutes a woman raped here.Now will you say that America is bad.No,not at all, you can't judge like that.What this country face was due to wrong policies.You still don't want to understand.Why don't you thing these attacks started in last 20 years.I ask people how many attacks happen before that.I am not justifying attacks.My sole purpose is to realize that please don't make non issue a issue.President Obama is doing right thing.But some people don't want to see this country stay at top.When you take on a community of 1.5 billion result you figure out.September 6, 2010 - 5:32 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Adobe Walls
Many of my countrymen don't judge "the religion" based on a few negative examples. Those people are crazy. The rest of us suspect that the views of those who flew those planes represent the hopes and dreams much more than a small minority of Islam. We believe this because there is so little evidence to the contrary. As for the fact that there are 1.5 billion,well we are the only Nation on earth that has nuked another country….. twice.September 6, 2010 - 6:55 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
I find it sadly hilarious that most people on this forum refuse to see the moderate Islam that is nearly everywhere (but ignored by the media). Would seeing these "normal" people and the incredible outpouring of opposition to terrorism just shatter their sense of security in their fear? Do they just need to have someone to fear and demonize? Sure, fear and demonize terrorists. But everybody? AND, they think, not being a Muslim, they get to interpret the Quran. Tell that to my Muslim friends who care about equality, democracy, and handle the violent passages in the Quran in very similar ways that moderate Christians deal with violent passages in the Bible…with pain and humility…and a resolve to be good citizens and work toward common good. But I guess that's just an evil, unreal, and ungodly thing to do.September 7, 2010 - 8:41 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
There is no such thing as moderate Islam. There are temperate Muslims, relatively at least, but these are as much of the problem as their jihadist brethren, if not more of it. The great need of our age is to turn the two camps against one another: visibly, passionately, and permanently.September 8, 2010 - 8:55 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Actually rape is a punishable offense in our country. Can you say the same for the Muslim world? In that world where all too often women who are raped can't testify against their accusers and worse the rape victims themselves are punished for adultery.
Look at not just one but any and all Muslim countries and see how horribly minorities are treated.
IF THE US CONSTITUTION STOOD FOR THE SAME HATEFUL THINGS AS THE KORAN I WOULD'T WANT TO BE AN AMERICAN.September 6, 2010 - 7:05 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Western Civilization — principally America — gave the world essentially all of its science and technology. America itself produces 25% of the world's economic output. Our poor are middle-class by the standards of the rest of the world. Your "community of 1.5 billion people" is entirely dirt-poor, except for its rulers. Over the last millennium, it has one innovation to its name: the suicide-bomber vest.
I think we can take you.September 7, 2010 - 2:14 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Sad how appeasement of radical Muslim governments and paleo-Islamists continues in the face of the persecution of Muslims in these countries. It is easy for Imam Rauf to come and build a mosque in New York and get money from Saudi Sheikhs, but impossible to get the same Sheikhs to allow former Muslims or even moderate Muslims to live peacefully in their countries.September 6, 2010 - 6:18 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
10. Dave Surls
'We had the Know Nothing movement that opposed the "Catholic menace"'
Slight difference.
Thousands and thousands of Americans hadn't been killed by Catholic terrorists.September 6, 2010 - 6:25 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
11. Adobe Walls
The public employee union AF-SCAM or whatever has pledged 100 million for the midterms they represent bureaucrats. The AFL-CIO who represent manufacturing and construction workers pledged 40 million. What does that tell us about our economy?
If La-Raza wanted to build a temple pyramid in New Mexico and start sacrificing humans in the name of their ancient religion, would apposing that be bigotry?
12. waterwillows
I do not think that it is the lack of knowledge about the Quran that is happening.
It is the other way around. It is learning about the Quran that has the people upset. We do not call muslims in Indonesia apes and pigs to be killed.
Yet muslims do this all the time?
The problem is not that we don't know. The problem is that we do.September 6, 2010 - 7:03 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
13. tom H/iL
here are your moderate Indonesians – http://www.persecution.com/public/restrictednations.aspx?clickfrom=bWFpbl9tZW51 – then click on IndonesiaSeptember 6, 2010 - 8:40 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
14. Matt
You would never know it if you only ever watched Fox news, but actually the leadership of Muslims in north America have already issued a fatwah – religious edict – against the use of violence to achieve political ends. It's not that hard to find the moderates in Islam. They are everywhere. If you believe otherwise, you don't know many American Muslims.September 6, 2010 - 9:12 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Some Muslims are temperate — not "moderate" — but Islam itself, as defined by the Koran, the Sunnah, and the ahadith, is hateful and aggressive. Study the history of its geographic expansion and try to justify any other positionSeptember 7, 2010 - 12:22 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
15. EscapeVelocity
Im voting Paul Krugman.September 6, 2010 - 9:19 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
16. Dave M. (now in S. Korea)
Let me get this straight, the Irish and Germans were discriminated against? Aren't they white? How the heck did that happen? I was taught by all of my public school teachers that only black folks were ever discriminated against in the U.S.(and orientals but that was really no big deal). Are you sure this Kristoff guy is telling the truth?September 7, 2010 - 6:28 am Link to this Comment | Reply
17. Joseph
'First, Kristof explains that bigotry is not "the only reason why someone might oppose the Islamic center in Lower Manhattan." Then he proceeds as expected to show his readers why obviously that is precisely the reason why they oppose the mosque!'
Kristof points out that much opposition to the mosque is motivated not by hate, but fear – fear that can become hate under a steady drumbeat of demagoguery.
All in all, a sad blog by RR. But then again, he wasn't getting anywhere with his "Islam is not the enemy" tack; PJM was burying his stuff. Now – front page!September 7, 2010 - 8:16 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Fred Beloit
Hello, Joe, what do you know, just got back from Kokomo?
Joe say: "…fear – fear that can become hate under a steady drumbeat of demagoguery."
For once I agree with you, Joe. The fear and hate enducing demagoguery from the Whits House is gruesome indeed. Fear of the "clingers", id est, the American people, who are not in the delusional thrall of mystical progressivism. The president's contant insults to his subjects are unbearable. It is hard to believe that the head of our Administration and about half of the ruling class are people like you who hate the other half of the population. We must keep people like that out of power, Joe. It looks like that may finally, but of course temporarily, happen, doesn't it.September 8, 2010 - 7:14 am Link to this Comment | Reply
'Joe say: "…fear – fear that can become hate under a steady drumbeat of demagoguery.""
No, Freddy, Joe no say; Kristof say. But, yes, the "contant insults" from the "Whits House" are indeed unbearable. And, btw, have a happy Burn-A-Koran Day!September 8, 2010 - 9:04 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Fred Beloit
""No, Freddy, Joe no say; Kristof say."
No, Joey, I no say, Christian Minister say: "…Burn-A-Koran…"
But you are a Kristofian in this matter, are you not. See, like this: "Kristof points out that much opposition to the mosque is motivated not by hate, but fear – fear that can become hate under a steady drumbeat of demagoguery." So, Joey agree with Kristof. No?September 8, 2010 - 10:05 am Link to this Comment | Reply
18. Dave Surls
"we are for freedom of religion"
Fine by me, as long as your religion doesn't include executing people for: blasphemy, apostatsy, "crimes against chastity" or spitting into the wind.
If it does…then I'm against freedom of religion.September 7, 2010 - 8:18 am Link to this Comment | Reply
19. Dave Surls
'In the 19th century, fears were stoked by books written by people who supposedly had "escaped" Catholicism. These books luridly recounted orgies between priests and nuns, girls kidnapped and held in secret dungeons, and networks of tunnels at convents to allow priests to rape nuns. One woman claiming to have been a priest's sex slave wrote a "memoir" asserting that Catholics killed boys and ground them into sausage for sale.'–Kristof
I'm sure that's all very interesting. but what's that have to do with LEGITIMATE complaints against Muslims NOW?
Is he saying that things like 9/11 (and other terror attacks), honor killings, executions by Muslim governments for blasphemy, FGM, etc. are all fabrications?
I think they are not.
And, I think Kristof is being intellectually dishonest…and everyone pretty much knows he is.September 7, 2010 - 10:41 am Link to this Comment | Reply
20. johnt
Once you understand that to this crazed type of scum we, the Normal, are the enemy, the rest falls into place. By now it should be obvious.
Even for those muslims who don't wage war, cutting off a daughters body parts may be required. With this the left can live. I'm almost sorry I only used the word "crazed".September 7, 2010 - 11:17 am Link to this Comment | Reply
21. Hank
Ronnie: Although the know nothings were not exactly sympathetic to
Jews, Catholics did–after all–kill thousands, with the auto
da fe, the thirty years war, and various attacks on Jews, especially
after the Black Death.
One book does not a universal case make. However elegant Ms.
Chessler's book, it can't indict all muslism for misogyny (althou
gh I concede the problem.
Rauf's seemingly inexplicable statements of fraternity to Jews
and Israel, and Hamas as well, can only be explained by his
desire to like everyone.
In your listing of categories Muslims, you left our an
important group: the Sufi's who are still followers of that
Delightful poet, Rumi among others. I know from your friend
( whose name has excaped me–he used to write for the Jewish
Daily Forward), that such tolerant types can be found in the
Balkins.September 7, 2010 - 1:32 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
22. Alex Bensky
I thought Rich secured the trophy when regarding some Obam proposl he referred to John McCain–decorted war hero–as "unptriotic." Besides, you can win bar bets by wwagering that no matter what Rich writes about, however removed from politics, he will haul in George Bush. It's like Mr. Dick, Aunt Betsey's friend in "David Copperfield:" no matter what he tried to write about it always came back to King Charles' head.
The NY Timesgives nearly a full page on Sunday, perhaps the most valuable op-ed space in the English-speaking world, to Rich and Maureen Dowd, and after years of tht I finally decided I could stop in at the librry during the week and xerox the acrostic and crossword puzzles.September 7, 2010 - 2:07 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
23. David S. Levine
My thoughts on Labor Day:
Isn't it interesting that NOT ONE of the Sunday morning network programs had a labor "leader" as a guest.
Sunday morning programs on Labor Day Weekend ALWAYS featured a union leader whether it be George Meany or Walter Ruther of A. Phillip Randolph.
The union thugs of today aren't fit to shine these statesmen's shoes!September 7, 2010 - 2:33 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
24. tere616
Tom h/Il .. I'm Indonesian and must say that the news of how Muslim fanatical react in Indonesia. But I must say also that there are more Islam people in Indonesia who hate and condempt that FPI (Islam Front Defender) action. Do you know that our government plan to banned FPI(majority Islam)?
I can't imagine, America, where we seen as democratic country, where they value human right, do the same way like our Islam fanatical people did in Indonesia.September 7, 2010 - 3:56 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Tere616 – There is no banning of Islam in the US. We just don't want
them to build their victory mosque at the site of the 9/11 attacks.
There are 1000′s of Islamic mosques here and no one has prevented
them from practicing their religion.September 7, 2010 - 10:58 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
25. Dwight
What the history of intolerance in the this country, the "no nothings" the internment of the Japanese-American citizens etc teaches us is that people are easily capable of going off the deep end in their fears and prejudices. It is what volatile human beings can do.
Oh, but you don't understand; THIS TIME, all the fears and prejudice are justified. Hmmm.
Evidently, the true patriots now are the ones who realize how Latinos and Muslims are taking over the country and are prepared to do something about it. Hmmm.
As in any disagreement, the two sides use the most extreme examples of the other sides "racism" or "ostrichism" to make their case. Was Kristoff calling for moderation? Is Radosh? GWB, to give him credit, DID.
Speaking of extremes, what is the Tea Party position on Koran burning? How about internment camps for all Muslims until we can determine their loyalty? Can we assume that all reasonable Americans on the right or the left are against such things?
Here's an idea to try on. Let's let the Muslims build their mosque and then tax it as part of a larger move to tax all church holdings. We will also tax private schools and colleges as well. Churches and schools will pay a lower rate, but they will pay something; God's tribute to Caesar.September 8, 2010 - 3:51 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Fred Beloit
"Let's let the Muslims build their mosque…"
But my dear friend, we have no lawful power to "let" the Muslims build. All we can do is to patiently, or impatiently, explain to them that if they build their trophy tower we will resent them for it and we will develop a more robust distrust of them than we have now. That may lead to more opposition to their plans in the future. Is that what they want? If so, so be it!September 8, 2010 - 7:31 am Link to this Comment | Reply
26. The Shadow
Thank God we have writers like Kristoff who have conscience writing for the Times and not writers like Radosh who have none. He is one of the few opinion writers who bring morality into their observations.September 8, 2010 - 9:48 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Fred Beloit
Is that what Kristof does, Shadow, bring the light of morality into the darkness of…the shadows? Well, at least it is comforting to actually hear from somebody who still reads the Times.September 8, 2010 - 10:14 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Fred Beloit
Now Shadow, I am hoping Kristof will bring the light of his morality into this situation by writing a column about it.
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/letters-show-rep-eddie-bernice-johnson-d-tx-steered-cbc-scholarship-money-directly-to-her-grandsons/2/September 8, 2010 - 10:20 am Link to this Comment | Reply
The Shadow
Lets eee we have millions out of work, starvation in parts of Africa, two wars, I could couldon and the list of major problems would be stunning before I reached the point of advacating that Kristof write about one unethical dope. But I guess you wingnuts are more concerned about one person than the millions who suffer each day. But then again I am never surprized at the nuttyness of wingnutsSeptember 8, 2010 - 12:23 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Fred Beloit
"But I guess you wingnuts are more concerned about one person than the millions who suffer each day."
It would be very interesting if you could demonstrate that you did some things in the last year that aid those millions who you say suffer each day. For example, did you pay extra taxes to help our foreign aid? Or are you one of about half of the population who are not required to pay any taxes. How about it sainted one, what good works can you show?September 8, 2010 - 1:15 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
27. The Shadow
See below – Now who is a better writer and who has a better moral compass:
"This weekend, a Jewish woman who lost her husband in the 9/11 attacks is planning to speak at a mosque in Boston. She will be trying to recruit members of the mosque to join her battle against poverty and illiteracy in Afghanistan.
Nicholas D. Kristof
The woman, Susan Retik, has pursued perhaps the most unexpected and inspiring American response to the 9/11 attacks. This anniversary of Sept. 11 feels a little ugly to me, with some planning to remember the day with hatred and a Koran-burning — and that makes her work all the more exhilarating.
In the shattering aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, Ms. Retik bonded with another woman, Patti Quigley, whose husband had also died in the attack. They lived near each other, and both were pregnant with babies who would never see their fathers.
Devastated themselves, they realized that there were more than half a million widows in Afghanistan — and then, with war, there would be even more. Ms. Retik and Ms. Quigley also saw that Afghan widows could be a stabilizing force in that country.
So at a time when the American government reacted to the horror of 9/11 mostly with missiles and bombs, detentions and waterboardings, Ms. Retik and Ms. Quigley turned to education and poverty-alleviation projects — in the very country that had incubated a plot that had pulverized their lives.
The organization they started, Beyond the 11th, has now assisted more than 1,000 Afghan widows in starting tiny businesses. It's an effort both to help some of the world's neediest people and to fight back at the distrust, hatred and unemployment that sustain the Taliban.
"More jobs mean less violence," Ms. Retik noted. "It would be naïve to think that we can change the country, but change has to start somewhere. If we can provide a skill for a woman so that she can provide for her family going forward, then that's one person or five people who will have a roof over their head, food in their bellies and a chance for education."
In times of fear and darkness, we tend to suppress the better angels of our nature. Instead, these women unleashed theirs.
Paul Barker, who for many years ran CARE's operations in Afghanistan, believes America would have accomplished more there if our government had shared the two women's passion for education and development. "I can only wonder at what a different world it could be today if in those fateful months after 9/11 our nation's leadership had been guided more by a people-to-people vision of building both metaphorical and physical bridges," Mr. Barker said.
A terrific documentary, "Beyond Belief," follows Ms. Retik and Ms. Quigley as they raise funds for Afghan widows and finally travel to Afghanistan to visit the women they had been helping. Ms. Quigley has since stepped down from Beyond the 11th because she felt in danger of becoming a perpetual 9/11 poster widow, but she still is working on a series of Afghan initiatives. Ms. Retik, who has since remarried, remains focused on the charity.
Beyond the 11th began by buying small chicken flocks for widows so that they could sell eggs. Another major project was to build a women's center in the city of Bamian, where the women weave carpets for export. The center, overseen by an aid group called Arzu, also offers literacy classes and operates a bakery as a business.
Another initiative has been to train Afghan women, through a group called Business Council for Peace, to run a soccer ball manufacturing company. The bosses have been coached in quality control, inventory management and other skills, and they have recruited unemployed widows to stitch the balls — which are beginning to be exported under the brand Dosti.
Ms. Retik's next step will be to sponsor a microfinance program through CARE. There are also plans to train attendants to help reduce deaths in childbirth.
Will all of this turn Afghanistan into a peaceful country? Of course not. Education and employment are not panaceas. But the record suggests that schools and economic initiatives do tend over time to chip away at fundamentalism — and they're also cheap.
All the work that Beyond the 11th has done in Afghanistan over nine years has cost less than keeping a single American soldier in Afghanistan for eight months.
I admire Ms. Retik's work partly because she offers an antidote to the pusillanimous anti-Islamic hysteria that clouds this anniversary of 9/11. Ms. Retik offers an alternative vision by reaching out to a mosque and working with Muslims so that in the future there will be fewer widows either here or there.
Her work is an invigorating struggle to unite all faiths against those common enemies of humanity, ignorance and poverty — reflecting the moral and mental toughness that truly can chip away at terrorism.September 9, 2010 - 6:05 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Fred Beloit
No no no, St. Shadow. I'm asking what YOU have done to help even one of the suffering millions you seem to be so concerned about. Don't point me at Susan Retik. You personally and Alinsky-like attacked me as being unconcerned about the suffering of millions. I may be willing to respect your humanitarian feelings. But you need to show me something you have done to help them. Whining about a problem has nothing to do with solving it. For example, if you are a Texan in this Congresswoman's district, shouldn't you vote against her? She seems to be a thief.September 9, 2010 - 6:23 am Link to this Comment | Reply
28. The Shadow
Lets see aside from the money I gave weekly to my church and the money I give to other charitable orgaization, I volunteer one morning a week to mentor kids who have dropped out of school. What have you done?September 9, 2010 - 11:23 am Link to this Comment | Reply
29. wilmo
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What does it take to eat healthy? Walking through the grocery store today I had to wonder what has happened? Why is it so hard to shop for healthy food? It seems like the aisles should be overflowing with the good stuff and the fat, sugar, and salt filled items should be the ones that you have to hunt to find. When did grocery stores change into aisles and aisles of unhealthy traps so creatively wrapped? Do you think if we did some research we would find that the same parent companies that own the diet food lines also own the snack-cake lines?
So, as I know I've read time and time again, I shopped the outside of the store. The cheese corner first, adding low-fat ricotta cheese to my cart. Then after grabbing that laundry detergent and those canned beans and chicken broth, I made it to the produce section. Onion, potatoes, celery, carrots, cucumbers, cilantro, ginger, and spinach looked good. Next on to the seafood and meat corner. Shrimp and ground turkey this week.
Although there is good stuff to be found, it can be very overwhelming walking up and down those aisles trying to find it amongst the rest.
The holiday has gone smoothly. This year it so happened that everyone came (or are coming) around at a different times starting on Christmas Eve and continuing through until the 30th. Part of me wishes that everyone could be here at once, making sure everyone sees everyone, cutting down on the number of meals to prepare; but another part of me knows that smaller groups are a little easier to manage.
For a change...it's raining. At least we are into that occassional sun, more rain cycle. Last week it was just rain. Starting to plan some summer excursions. Our first will be next weekend when we wonder out to Vinalhaven.
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Clayborn, who is 6-4, 285 pounds, will be represented by local agent Blake Baratz, who is president of the Institute for Athletes. Here is a closer look at Clayborn.
While it will take some time before we get a feel for which direction the Vikings are leaning with their top pick, or if they might try to move back or up, it does seem like a long shot to me they will take a defensive end. Nawrocki, of course, isn't done with his mock drafts so his pick for the Vikings very well could change.
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The pound slumped the most in six months against the euro after a U.K. report showed the economy shrank more than analysts forecast last quarter.
Two-year gilt yields fell to an all-time low as the data fueled speculation the Bank of England will increase asset purchases to reignite growth after boosting them by 50 billion pounds ($77.4 billion) at its July meeting. The U.K. currency weakened against all except two of its 16 major counterparts as a survey compiled by the Confederation of British Industry showed U.K. manufacturing confidence dropped in July.
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The pound tumbled 0.7 percent to 78.35 pence per euro at 4:28 p.m. London time after falling as much as 1 percent, the biggest intraday decline since Jan. 12. The U.K. currency rose to 77.55 pence on July 20, the strongest since October 2008. Sterling fell 0.3 percent to $1.5467.
Gross domestic product shrank 0.7 percent from the first quarter, when it contracted 0.3 percent, the Office for National Statistics said. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast a 0.2 percent decline. A quarterly gauge of factory optimism fell to minus 6 from 22 in April, the CBI said. Hiring intentions slid to minus 2 from 16, the lowest since October.
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Moody's Investors Service cut its outlook for the U.K. credit rating to negative on Feb. 13, saying Britain risked losing its top grade if the economy deteriorates. Fitch lowered its outlook for the nation to negative on March 14.
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I have one that I used for desert winter car-camping. With boiling water stored before bedtime, about 12 hrs later the liquid was still hot. I helped it a little by putting the bottle on a foam or cardboard flat instead of directly on the truck bed. You can probably help it even more by wrapping in a blanket or foam.
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It's a place where cultures clash but also where sports and comic memorabilia collectors can converge.
A few of the items sold at Big Kids' Collectibles in Mesa. [Mike Sakal/Special to Tribune]
Owners Al Gordon and Neil Kotler are seen at Big Kids' Collectibles. [Mike Sakal/Special to Tribune]
Editor's note: Mark Scarp is taking this week off. The following column was first published July 10, 2011. "Two years later," Scarp said last week, "and we still have the same contradiction between state laws allowing fireworks to be sold and owned and city ordinances prohibiting their use. What a way to celebrate Independence Day, huh?"
When Bill Keller landed a store manager's job with Dillard's department store in the Valley 34 years ago, his wife, Dianne, said she wasn't excited about moving to Arizona, much less Mesa — from Minneapolis.
When Bill Keller landed a store manager's job with Dillard's department store in the Valley 34 years ago, his wife, Dianne, said she wasn't excited about moving to Arizona, much less Mesa — from Minneapolis.
When Bill Keller landed a manager's job with Dillard's department store in the Valley 34 years ago, his wife, Dianne, said she wasn't excited about moving to Arizona, much less Mesa — from Minneapolis.
Steve Kelly is the manager of Dryforce, a Mesa company that helps other businesses and facilities rebuild after being ravaged by fire and water damage.
That happy rainy day has arrived.
For more than two years, an iconic neon sign has been missing in action, so to speak.
It takes a heap of living to make a house a home, and for anyone who goes on the 13th Annual Mesa Historical Homes Tour, they'll get to see that centuries of living took place through a diverse community and wide variety of structures.
There's no place like home for the holidays, but for hundreds of pets discovered abandoned in homes due to foreclosure throughout the Valley, there would be no place like a permanent home.
For more than 70 years, Falcon Field has spread its wings in east Mesa to remain in flight and serve not only its own community, but the world.
Two Fountain Hills men who gained access to homes through a carpet cleaning company they worked for are being held in a Maricopa County jail, suspected of stealing more than $30,000 worth of jewelry to sell as scrap.
For more than five years, teams of employees at the Bank of America call center in Chandler have given what local food banks could only hope for during the season of giving while participating in a little friendly competition:
Team Garcia, led by Anna Garcia, donated the most food for the United Food Bank of the East Valley during Bank of America call center's annual Christmas Food Drive in Chandler. Here, a box is dressed as a pig and equipped with sound that says: "Feed me." [Mike Sakal/Tribune]
Employees of the Bank of America call center in Chandler have formed teams and have collected food donations for the United Food Bank of the East Valley for more than five years. Pictured on the far right is Barbara Hover, an administrative assistant at the call center who coordinates about four food drives at the call center each year and other charitable events. [Mike Sakal/Tribune]
Tom Sadler (at podium) president of the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority office (at microphone) speaks about how the economic impact of spring training games and other events at Cactus League facilities have an economic impact of more than $600 million in Arizona, according to results of recent studies completed this year. Sitting left to right are: Greg Linaman, of Arizona Commerce Authority, Mark Stanton of Arizona Office of Tourism and Mark Coronado, president of the Cactus League. (Tribune photo, Mike Sakal)
A valuable piece of the region's economic impact puzzle came through a simple conversation between then Tempe Mayor Harry Mitchell, local homebuilder Brad Curtis and a group of businessmen from Chase Bank a number of years ago.
For many years, Kyleigh Sousa and her mother, Karen Montenegro, would decorate Christmas trees in every room of the family's home in New Jersey.
The Nativity scene with the manger and all the ceramic figures including Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus and the shepherds is tucked away in a box somewhere, likely at my mom's house in Ohio with some of my other stuff I didn't bring to Arizona when I moved to the Valley nearly seven years ago.
As Elizabeth Johnson, the Tempe mother of missing Baby Gabriel is preparing to exchange her black and white striped jail uniform for bright orange prison garb, a Scottsdale woman connected to the case will remain free.
Cadillac Ranch at Tempe Marketplace (Tribune photo, Mike Sakal)
The Arizona Department of Liquor Licensing and Control is investigating a Tempe bar where Arizona State University student Jack Culolias was last seen during a fraternity-sponsored pledge event attended by dozens of university underclassmen.
A major fundraiser to support cancer research and programs for the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Phoenix Children's Hospital is continuing to build on its holiday tradition.
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ISPConfig 3.x - First Steps (Creating Web Sites, Email Addresses, Etc.)
Are there any plans to cover the First Steps and Installation of various softwares on ISPConfig 3.x just as their are for ISPConfig 2.x?
How close are the ISPConfig 2.x - First Steps (Creating Web Sites, Email Addresses, Etc.) to those specific to version 3.x of ISPConfig?
Interested in adding packages such as Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress and other software as a user available repository - is this possible?
Thanks in advance. :rolleyes:
I vote for a ISPConfig 3 first step guide too =)
5 Months ago .....
Five months ago I asked if there was to be a Howto guide to assist with the initial installation and configuration of ISPConfig3 the same as there is for ISPConfig2.
Has there been any progress in this department?
If anyone has the expertise to produce such documentation, please consider creating one.
I know that I am not the only one that would appreciate a tutorial such as this.
Till's still working on it. The problem is that a few things will change in the new ISPConfig 3 release, that's why he wants to wait until the release is out.
It will be most appreciated:D
Yes we're waiting for such a good present
ISPConfig 2.x - First Steps (Creating Web Sites, Email Addresses, Etc.)
Hi just wondering if the howto for ispconfig 3 is out yet, I have just completed the initial setup of The Perfect Server - Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0) [ISPConfig 3]
and would like to now install such apps as wordpress and others.
I noticed that the initial request dates back as far as april but I have not been able to locate the new howto (which Im guessing isnt done yet) :(
and time frame on when we can expect this please...
Thanks howtoforge ur tutorials are unbeatable :)
There's no such tutorial yet... :(
oh what a shame, guess I' m wait lol.....
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Robert Roeper, longtime Illinois Central Railroad employee, dies at age 83
BY NEIL STEINBERG Staff Reporter February 5, 2013 4:28PM
Robert N. Roeper
Updated: March 7, 2013 6:44AM
Robert N. Roeper was a railroad man — he worked for the Illinois Central Railroad his entire career — but he defined his life by the trinity of family, church and of course the Chicago White Sox.
Mr. Roeper, who lived most of his life the South Side and south suburbs, died Jan. 28 after a long illness. He was 83.
A graduate of Mt. Carmel High School and an Army veteran who was stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky in the early 1950s, he worked nearly his entire career for the Illinois Central, first as an accountant and then as a systems analyst. He never missed a Sunday mass, whether he was at home or on vacation with his family, and he never missed a chance to express his pride and love for his children and grandchildren. And except for a few years living in Florida and northwest Indiana, he always lived in the Chicago area, never north of old Comiskey Park.
An avid reader who loved to do crossword puzzles in pen and write comments and questions in the margins of stories in the Sun-Times, Mr. Roeper also was passionate about his Chicago White Sox, college basketball, music, reading and history. He loved to tell stories about growing up in Chicago and he loved to hear stories about how his children and grandchildren were doing. He was attending Little League games in the 1970s and in the 2010s.
Mr. Roeper is survived by his wife of 56 years, Margaret; his children and their spouses: Lynn and Nick Zona; Bob and Colleen Roeper; Richard Roeper, the Sun-Times columnist; and Laura Roeper; his grandchildren: Sam Saunders, Laura Renee LeQuesne-Filipiak and her spouse, Tim Filipiak; John LeQuesne; Emily Roeper; Caroline Roeper; and Bobby Roeper; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other beloved family members.


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Is it blasphemous to say that I dig Sara Bareilles' cover of Sia's song "Chandelier" better than the original? (No offense, Sia!) I must admit, I'm totally into this. Sara's acoustic take is so honest and heartfelt. Obsessed. [PopWrapped]
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Household Appliances Sending Spam, opening backdoors
Proofpoint published research of never seen but heavily theorized Internet-of-Things cyber attack. They believe this is an industry first - standard household appliances such as smart TVs and Refrigerators used to send malicious and junk email accross the globe.
Assange and Wikileaks Team at CCC Conference
Wikileaks team and the World's most famous activist whistleblower are holding a talk in Saal 1 at Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany.
NSA and GCHQ use Google's cookies to identify targets
According to documents released by Edward Snowden, NSA and GCHQ (UK version of NSA) use Google's cookies, primarily designed for interest-based ad-targeting, to identify their targets.
U.S. Marines Website hacked and defaced
The official Website of U.S. Marines got hacked today by the hacktivist group Syrian Electronic Army following President Obama's announcement that he would seek congressional approvement for a military strike against Syria.
Facebook Virus Masked as Video!
A new virus which is masquerading as a video message can hijack Facebook accounts and Google Chrome browsers.
Google Palestine hacked! NOT!
News is spreading that google.ps was hacked by a Palestinian hacker group. The apparent google.ps hack actually consisted of posioning root DNS servers of the .ps TLD system. The DNS attack of course had political motives.
Hacking HTTPS in under 30 seconds
Department of Homeland Security issued an on Friday (02 Aug) following a vulnerability disclosure in all versions of the transport layer security (TLS) and secure sockets layer (SSL).
ATM hacking scams: Thailand becoming top target
It seems more and more foreigners do their ATM hacking in Thailand. In the last 18 months over 10 groups of various nationalities have been arrested across Thailand for stealing.
Using Fake GPS Signals to Hijack $80m Yacht
Students from University of Texas at Austin were successful in spoofing GPS signals and steering $80m worth yacht off course. The experiment took place 30 miles off the coast of Italy while the yacht was sailing in international waters.
Crytek websites hacked
The famous German video game company Crytek recently took down 4 of it's websites. Apart from the usual "please change your password when you login", there's a chance the impact may be a bit further than just Crytek's websites.
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