FORTHRIGHT

"Spinelessness is an affliction of our civilization. Sometimes it is called 'prudence.' "  Something tells me Martin Peretz's new blog isn't going to be terribly soft-spoken. Definitely one to add to the blogroll.

On the other hand, is it a cop-out to decide against re-printing those Mohammed cartoons if you think they're going to offend Muslims? I never felt comfortable with the publish-at-all costs argument, which is why I'm really not sure it's a good idea for Andrew Sullivan to run one of the images as part of his 9/11 commemoration. I'm all in favour of upsetting and ridiculing Islamists. But is this the way to win over the moderate majority we keep hearing about?

Or is it my turn to be spineless?