In Perspective

Dome and minaret Originally uploaded by rbarenblat. Rachel posts a great picture from a trip to Jerusalem.

I’m starting coverage of the Islam in America Conference. Will try to highlight points by various speakers at the end of each panel.

For those of you unaware, Dick Clarke is former head of counter-terrorism under the Clinton and Bush, Jr. administrations. He’s written a book analyzing the failures of both groups – not just Bush as has been widely reported – in dealing with Al-Qaeda. Unfortunately, I have not yet read the book, but this review is one of the least partisan ones I’ve read so far. It’s really chilling what we don’t know. I’ve often joked – as have others – that the color-coding scheme of terrorist alert is nothing more than a scam to get Bush re-elected. What if it’s…