BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

NOT. GONNA. HAPPEN. I have one child who believes sincerely that one day they will own a pet unicorn and it will come to the house and take them away. There are many things I would like but I know rationally, they aren't going to happen based on genetics and financial feasibility. Now Omar, do you really think anyone's going to take you seriously without you denouncing your father? Bin Laden son wants to be peace activist By PAUL SCHEMM Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father — except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. Then there's the black leather biker jacket. The 26-year-old does not renounce his father, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but in an interview with The Associated Press, he said there is better way to defend Islam than militancy: Omar wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West. Omar — one of bin Laden's 19 children — raised a tabloid storm last year when he married a ...

A sleepwalking Britain by Jonathan Joseph The threatened boycott of Israeli academics led by the newly formed Universities and Colleges Union is a disgrace, and has evoked shock and disbelief around the world. Last week, the editor of this paper wrote lamenting the fact that Britain appears to be sleepwalking its way to an entrenched anti-Israeli stance. Understandably, Jewish communities in Israel and America are beginning to assume that British Jews are under siege, and to worry whether we need rescuing. Fortunately, they need not be so anxious. The perception of England produced by the boycotters is as distorted as the image of Israel that they are trying to promulgate. It is not the case that the majority of English academics has voted for the boycott. A handful of union representatives, who tend to be on the far left politically, and become union officials for the purpose of passing motions like this, have voted (158 to 99) to boycott Israeli academics. I have yet to meet an acade...