Around 5pm ET today, the weblog passed 100,000 page views according to Sitemeter. It took 9 months since I got my own domain and switched to Movable Type. I understand that some weblogs get more traffic in a day. In other news, Valentine’s day was very good for traffic statistics. I got a lot of… Continue reading Blog Milestone
Month: February 2004
Pakistan and Iran are Arab?
There was a really bad article in the New York Times by Leslie Wayne about Arab Americans backing Bush in this election cycle. Leslie Wayne considers Iranians and Pakistanis as Arab too. Who knew? Fortunately, I don’t have to debunk it since Jack Shafer of Slate already has. Juan Cole provides a good summary of… Continue reading Pakistan and Iran are Arab?
Secularism in the Middle East
Talking about the hijab ban in France and plans to allow “painless” female circumcision (also known as female genital mutilation) in Italy, Letter from Gotham writes: Can somebody please tell me what is the difference in principle between outlawing one religious custom and allowing another? I recognize that wearing a scarf does no harm to… Continue reading Secularism in the Middle East
Blogroll Changes
I have dropped a few blogs from my blogroll and added some. Among the additions are (in no particular order): The Manifest Border: A weblog about immigration from immigration lawyer Randy Tunac. Pedantry: A very interesting weblog by Scott Martens about politics, Europe, language, philosophy and his grandpa’s adventures. Quark Soup: About science and policy… Continue reading Blogroll Changes
Weeks 1-2
First step: Zack is coming home on 27th Nov for Thanksgiving. After a very painful month (Zack’s CRVO problem), finally we are relaxed a little bit. I got up 25 Nov and realized that I may be ovulating. (I have PCOS and a year back my doc put me on Glucophage which seems to be… Continue reading Weeks 1-2
Exciting News
Today (Valentine’s day) is probably an appropriate day to reveal this news. Amber and I are expecting a baby. This weblog will now be turned into a full-time pregnancy journal. Just kidding. All your favorite content will still be posted, but there will also be pregnancy-related posts by both Amber and me. However, I don’t… Continue reading Exciting News
Kucinich at Tech
Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich had a rally at Georgia Tech on Feb 10. I didn’t get a chance to attend. But here is a report from the campus paper. A delayed flight, however, pushed back the featured speaker’s first showing until around 8 p.m., a little over an hour after the rally began. Still,… Continue reading Kucinich at Tech
Consistency
The human mind is a strange thing. It has this enormous capacity to hold conflicting and contradictory ideas without exploding. Consider, for example, this Washington Post-ABC News poll. Barely half — 52 percent — now believe Bush is “honest and trustworthy,” down 7 percentage points since late October and his worst showing since the question… Continue reading Consistency
Fading Stars and Fraying Stripes
In the past few years, a thought has grown in my mind. The seed of it, a nod to inevitability, long layed dormant, but the events of the past few years prompted germination. The steady erosion of the nation’s manufacturing base and malignant mediocrity of the nation’s primary educational system serve as the soil in… Continue reading Fading Stars and Fraying Stripes
Humanitarian Imperialism
Referring to the current troubles in Haiti, Tacitus asks: One might fairly ask whether such chronically failed states might be better off under some sort of permanent protectorate or even colonial arrangement for the maintenance of peace and good governance. I don’t know why colonialism and empire fascinates some Americans today (see Max Boot, for… Continue reading Humanitarian Imperialism