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Misplaced priorities.

174 killed in Mumbai. 200 killed in Jos, Nigeria. 8 killed in Karachi. Gaza experiencing a humanitarian crisis. Airports in Bangkok are almost entirely shut down. And what’s in the news here in the States? Obama’s choosing Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.

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Lemmings

Will at KABOBfest already covered this one well, but I apparently cannot leave well enough alone. Yesterday, Yazan pointed out to me that there’s a Facebook group that opposes a mysteriously Kaaba-like building in New York. Now that I’ve read it all over, I realize that the group is slightly outdated, but that leaves me […]

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Blogging in Iran

While we await news about Hossein Derakhshan, the “Blogfather of the Iranian blogosphere,” it’s worth learning a little more about why blogging is so valued in Iran. This video, by the Vancouver Film School, demonstrates a bit about the blogging revolution happening there: Iran: A nation of bloggers from Mr.Aaron on Vimeo. But the video […]