Running Towards America, Ctd

by Patrick Appel

It's good to have Daniel Larison blogging again. Catching up on old news, Larison takes on Douthat's worries about Muslim assimilation:

What we're talking about here isn't a question of assimilation to thenorms of American culture or an[ acceptance:] of the principles ofconstitutional government, but a question of conforming to the limitsof approved political discourse. Of course, there is no way for Rauf tosatisfy his critics in a way that will not destroy his credibility...