The Clarion Project Newsletter for Friday April 20, 2018
Feature: Clarion Launches First Amendment Essay Contest The winner will be awarded $300 Read and Share 
Feature: Why Our Contest Is About the First Amendment Clarion Project’s new essay topic hits on the crux of the debate over Islamism Read
Feature: Why The First Amendment Is the Best Amendment: Part 1 If the struggle against Islamism is about anything, it’s about the First Amendment. Read
Feature: Why The First Amendment Is the Best Amendment: Part 2 The early relationship between religion and state in Islam Read
Feature: Why The First Amendment Is the Best Amendment: Part 3 How the Reformation changed religion and state Read More
Feature: Why the First Amendment Is the Best Amendment: Part 4 After the death of the last Abbasid Caliph, different parts of the Muslim world went in very different directions Read
Feature: Why the First Amendment Is the Best Amendment: Part 5 Enlightenment ideas spread under the reign of absolutism monarchs, then overthrew them Read
Feature: Why the First Amendment Is the Best Amendment: Part 6 The lofty ideals of the First Amendment were at odds with reality from the start Read
Feature: Why the First Amendment Is the Best Amendment: Part 7 World War I set in motion the development of three totalitarian ideologies: Islamism, fascism and communism Read
Feature: Why the First Amendment Is the Best Amendment: Part 8 How upholding this value could unify the Left and Right against political Islam Read More
Readers Write
Who Should Regulate: Facebook or the Government?
“Facebook being a private business should be self-regulated. I believe in small government with minimum regulations. Having said that, when a company develops a monopoly as Facebook ‘kinda’ is, and does not practice fair balances standards, government may have to create regulations to: 1) protect the market and 2) protect the customers from unfair practices. I believe Facebook has been playing with bad business ethics whereby political bias has created an environment for unfair practices to thrive.”
– B.K.H.
Mauro on Fox: Trump Needs to Hit Syria Hard
“Wisdom speaks softly and carries a big stick. The worst thing a leader can do is make a threat and not carry it out. That is Obama-style foreign affairs. The question becomes what would a truly effective action be?”
– C.K.
The Last Refuge