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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Though I was unable to help with the enormous efforts that members of SJP put into Israeli Apartheid Week over the past two months due to other obligations, I did come to recognize last week for the first time just how I felt about our organization.
To be sure, the number of asinine remarks, statements, opinions, [...]
The thesaurus’ antonyms for ’superficial’ are so superficial
Monday, February 11th, 2008If I could subscribe to Daily Cal articles by author, I’d subscribe to Ryland Walker Knight’s column in the Arts & Entertainment section. I haven’t seen any of the exhibits or movies he has reviewed recently, but his articles are interesting enough for me to want to see them–even the negative ones.
Drawn Out: Political Satire [...]
CNN defines Shari`ah
Sunday, February 10th, 2008In this article about the topic of the hour in Britain, CNN writes:
Sharia law is a legal and social code designed to help Muslims in their daily lives. It has proved controversial, however, because of its use in some Muslim states to justify suppression of women’s rights and extremely brutal forms of punishment, including beheadings.
I [...]
Syrian blogger Tariq Baiasi in jail
Friday, February 8th, 2008Razan has been doing a great job posting updates about the Free Tariq campaign. I did not know about Tariq’s blog before, but this is the first high profile campaign regarding the arrest of a Syrian blogger.
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An inauguration
Friday, February 8th, 2008I have not updated this site in a while because I have wanted to redesign it for a bit. I spent quite a bit of time experimenting with some new design concepts, but ended up ditching that effort. I had a new organization in mind rather than a design, so in the meantime I’ve put [...]
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