STEVEN DEN BESTE has an essay on what to do about fanatical Islam. Hesiod Theogeny emails that he thinks Den Beste has “lost it,” sending me to this thread at Eschaton, and the accompanying comments. I’m not sure that the comments (which contain quite a few saying that Hesiod is misunderstanding Den Beste, or the underlying problem) make Hesiod’s case as plainly as he believes, but you can decide for yourself. And Eric S. Raymond weighs in with his own thoughts.