"We've followed the speeches given by Obama administration NEH chairman Jim Leach here (commenting on Leach's "The tension between speaking and listening") and here (commenting on Leach's "Bridging cultures: NEH and the Muslim world"). ......
Leach's remarks suggest that he is living in a parallel universe, perhaps adjacent to "The Pelosi Zone." In Jim Leach's America, citizens are burning Korans and preventing Muslims from practicing their faith. Thus Leach advises us to "think through the implications for social cohesion at home and national security abroad when individuals object to fellow citizens practicing their chosen faith[.] Qur'an-burning and mosque-bashing are not the American way." In Jim Leach's land of imaginary Koran burnings and mosque-bashing, Americans must learn to respect the tenets of Islam......." [Power Line]
Leach's remarks suggest that he is living in a parallel universe, perhaps adjacent to "The Pelosi Zone." In Jim Leach's America, citizens are burning Korans and preventing Muslims from practicing their faith. Thus Leach advises us to "think through the implications for social cohesion at home and national security abroad when individuals object to fellow citizens practicing their chosen faith[.] Qur'an-burning and mosque-bashing are not the American way." In Jim Leach's land of imaginary Koran burnings and mosque-bashing, Americans must learn to respect the tenets of Islam......." [Power Line]
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