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Fourteen things to know for Passover 2014

1. When does Passover 2014 begin and how long does it last? Passover 2014 begins at sundown on Monday, April 14th. That is the date, this year, which corresponds to the 15th of Nissan, the day according to the Bible,…

1,300-year-old Egyptian mummy had tattoo of Archangel Michael

CT scan 3D visualisation of the mummified remains of a Sudanese woman, to show the organs. (Trustees of the British Museum) Infra-red reflectography of the tattoo found on the mummified remains of a Sudanese woman. (Trustees of the British Museum)…

Explorer plans hunt for Genghis Khan’s long-lost tomb

Alan Nichols, the president of the Explorers Club, maps out possible locations for the tomb of Genghis Khan. (The Explorers Club) Alan Nichols, the president of the Explorers Club, maps out possible locations for the tomb of Genghis Khan. (The…

Weak On Syria, Weak In The World

I am sure they are breathing a sigh of relief – if not celebrating – in Damascus, Tehran and Moscow. By that I mean that it looks like, at least for the short term, that President Assad has gotten away…

Egypt Highlights The United States’ Impotence

The situation in Egypt highlights the quandary the United States also finds itself in in Syria and, to put it bluntly, our nation’s impotence. To be clear, the quandary is three parted. The first part is the question of whether…

13 things you need to know for Passover 2013

1. When does Passover 2013 begin and how long does it last? Passover 2013 begins at sundown on Monday, March 25th. That is the date, this year, which corresponds to the 15th of Nissan, the day according to the Bible,…

Will Obama succeed in creating a United States of Islam in the Middle East?

Something very big is going on in the Middle East. This is not about an inflammatory film or a political assassination in Libya. Rather, recent events confirm that throughout the Muslim world, radical Islam is on the march. The radical…

MICHELLE MALKIN: The Jihadis’ Marriage-Fraud Scam

America’s homeland-security amnesia never ceases to amaze. In the aftermath of the botched Times Square terror attack, Pakistani-born bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad’s U.S. citizenship status caused a bit of shock and awe. The Atlantic magazine writer Jeffrey Goldberg’s response was…