Joanne Jacobs' new article is up on today's Jewish World Review. Enjoy!
What's more, I didn't realize until today that Joanne had posted a submission to the MSNBC's "Best of Blogs" website, and that she listed Number 2 Pencil as one of her "blogchildren". What a kind and thoughtful thing to do. 'Tis true that I was inspired by her and wrote her for advice before starting this blog, and I appreciate the help and emotional support she has given me.
While I'm at it, though, I'm going to pick a fight with the editor who decided to post a warning that some of the material on Little Green Footballs is "hateful" towards Muslims. What an appalling and incorrect label. Charles Johnson is tenacious in pointing out the anti-US, anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, anti-free-speech "hate speech" that infests so much of the world's news nowadays, and it's well-known to even the casual reader of his site that his comments sections are populated by some of the most thoughtful and interesting readers around. None of them follow the politically-correct line of avoiding the criticism of anything Muslim, but unlike other supposedly-free, Western countries where criticizing Islam can lead to jail time, the US is a country where you have the freedom to call someone's religion "stupid" and openly criticize the fanatical wings of religious groups (Jerry Falwell, anyone?) Charles Johnson is not hateful toward Muslims - in fact, he often posts letters and articles by Muslim writers who dare to defy the Islamofascist party line. It's just that he isn't afraid to point out the hateful actions of Islamic extremists, and I'm very glad that he and his site exist.