From the New York Times (requires login):
In the week since Saddam Hussein was hanged in an execution steeped in sectarian overtones, his public image in the Arab world, formerly that of a convicted dictator, has undergone a resurgence of admiration and awe.
On the streets, in newspapers and over the Internet, Mr. Hussein has emerged as [...]
I’m always discovering new horrible things that women have done in order to fit into beauty standards now and in the past. Whether it is the recent Western Barbie-doll ideal, Muslim women spending their lives hidden from the world, or Chinese children having their feet bound or many, many others; men (and the women [...]
The annual gluttony-fest known as swag is over for the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes thanks in part to the words of actor Edward Norton (Fight Club, American History X). He responded to the news that the gift bags would no longer be handed out:
“Picking through $35,000 gift baskets is disgusting and shameful. [...]
From the Guardian’s blog, Comment is Free:
That the US tortures, routinely and systematically, while prosecuting its “war on terror” can no longer be seriously disputed. The Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project (DAA), a coalition of academics and human-rights groups, has documented the abuse or killing of 460 inmates of US military prisons in Afghanistan, [...]
She will be so relieved.
Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) is the incoming House intelligence committee Chairman so you might think that he would know a little something about al Qaeda. You’d be wrong.
We warmed up with a long discussion about intelligence issues and Iraq. And then we veered into terrorism’s major players.
To me, it’s like asking about Catholics and Protestants [...]
Holy crap
NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years.
“These observations give the strongest evidence to date that water still flows occasionally on the surface of Mars,” said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, Washington.
At least some people in Congress seem to think so. Apparently, a woman is a “female human being who is capable of becoming pregnant.” That is according to page 9 of the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act (pdf). Click the first link to go to Feministing for more reasons this is a [...]
Jews on First has a follow-up on the on the New Jersey teacher who got caught on tape proselytizing in class and then lied about it. The student is being harassed by the town while the teacher has gotten no punishment, although the superintendent did call him a “wonderful teacher”. Apparently no action [...]
…you know we are going in the wrong direction.
The US administration does not accept accountability before any organization, institution or council. The US administration has undermined the credibility of international organizations, particularly the United Nations and its Security Council. But, I do not intend to address all the challenges and calamities in this message.
The legitimacy, [...]
