By Paul Eidelberg

The Americans had other grievances, but it took the British tax on tea to start the American Revolution of 1776. We live in a different era.

Since the value of tea now makes the value of human life worthless, as it is among Muslims, President Obama assures us that America is not at war with Islam. No one should be surprised by his taking time off from his job as America’s commander-in-chief to play golf.

His doing so is less a commentary on him than on America and American education. We need to bear in mind, that sports have taken the place of religion in American life, just as the mall has taken the place of the church. And we should also remember that our Colleges and Universities foster an “I’m okay you’re okay” mentality, which makes Islam okay as well.

If this corrupts the minds of youth, it doesn’t begin on campus, even though that’s where cynicism is dignified by academics with Ph.D.s in psychology or anthropology, or maybe sociology or political science. These academics have learned that we are all okay. What some people call “terrorists” is really freedom fighters looking for a job. You don’t need four years of college to learn this.

Besides, Internet is a lot cheaper than college tuition, and you don’t have to bone up for a final exam. Also, if you’re fed up with the left-wing academics that comprise three out of four teachers in the social sciences, you can always turn on FOX News for a red, white, and blue snapshot of good ole America. Of course, FOX is not Obama’s favorite news outlet, whose reporters think we are at war with some entity that has no name. Nevertheless, you must not offend Muslims. As for  Jews, they are open season.

Obama is really cool.  ISIS and its beheadings have not deterred POTUS from deploring Islamophobia. He’s quite blasé about the centrifuges Iran has been accumulating, and Iran’s space launch vehicle inventory only makes him yawn.  Obama should feel free to play another nine holes of golf. The U.S. is not at war with Islam.