A big thank you to Rebecca, Julia, and everyone else involved in juggling the last-minute logistics of the first NER seminar.

Every one of the presentations was excellent, and showed the broad range of perspectives that nonetheless bring us all to the same conclusion:  that Western values and freedoms must be preserved and protected, and Islamic intolerance and violence must be rejected.

It's going to take days and weeks to process and digest all that was said, but I have never met such a group of passionate, articulate, and caring people.