January 9, 2015--Charlie Hebdo

In solidarity, my plan for this morning was to publish one of Charlie Hebdo's covers in which there is a satirical image of the Prophet Mohammed.

I had a good one selected--a full face caricature of the Prophet in which he looked just like a lascivious Yasser Arafat, saying, "100 COUPS DE FOUET, SI VOUS N'ETES PAS MORT DE RIRE." ("100 lashes if you don't die of laughter.")

But just as I was about to hit the Publish button, I hesitated, spend an anguished hour thinking about what to do, and then took it down.

I was afraid that somehow an Islamist would track me down and . . .

I have never been more ashamed of myself.