'A disciple of Terry Eagleton objects to a culture of "dead white men". Would she sneer at a culture of "dead black men"?'

'Since when does violence by those whose religious feelings are offended weaken America's resolve to stand by its values?'

Two new books on the origins of Islam suffer from, at best, sloppy, and at worst, dishonest, scholarship

'Britons should be ashamed of the fact that the threat of violence and intimidation apparently carries more weight with out authorities than freedom of speech'