Jeff Smith's March 2006 commentary, "Cartoons, Fanatics, and Foreign Policy" is now online. In it, Jeff addresses both the media's coverage of the controversy over cartoons in a Danish newspaper that depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist as well as the media's coverage of the issue:
Question: Who made this statement – “The termites are in charge now, and that is not the way it out to be, and the time has arrived for a godly fumigation.” Was it Osama bin Laden or some other fanatical Muslim? No. This statement was made by Pat Robertson, the US Evangelical Christian who ran for President in 1988 and hosts the cable show the 700 Club. I begin this month’s article with this quote from Pat Robertson to make a point about how religious fanaticism does not just apply to Islam, but to Christianity as well.
