Some time during my move, this weblog crossed the 200,000 visit mark. It took about 23 months since I made the blog public. The second 100,000 mark took only 6 months compared to 17 months for the first. My traffic is up after being down a bit during the summer. I also seem to have… Continue reading Milestones and Visitor Data
Year: 2004
The Day the Iraq War was Lost
Phil Carter in an excellent article in the Washington Monthly Nov 2004 issue: A generation from now, historians may look back to April 28, 2004, as the day the United States lost the war in Iraq. On that date, “CBS News” broadcast the first ugly photographs of abuses by American soldiers at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib… Continue reading The Day the Iraq War was Lost
Biting My Fingernails
It is election day. I am sitting on the floor with the computer in my lap and watching a borrowed TV. I have to continually switch internet connections between leeching off a neighborhood wireless connection and when that’s not available, a free 10 hours on Juno dialup. Let us start with a typical Pakistani election… Continue reading Biting My Fingernails
WMD in Iraq = Lost Coin at Beach
There are times when a comment on one of my posts is so worthy that it needs to be lifted from the comments section and reproduced as a blog post for a wider audience. I think Andrew Hughes qualifies: Quite frankly the weapons of mass destruction may not have been found but are there. Any… Continue reading WMD in Iraq = Lost Coin at Beach
Zakaria, Zachary, Zachariah and More
I was wondering about my name which by virtue of being in the Bible and the Quran has spread into many languages. So I tried to find the original Hebrew version. This is how it is written I think…
Drive to Atlanta
I have driven between Jersey and Atlanta a number of times, taken the outer route (NJ Turnpike to I-95 to I-85 through Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina), the inner route (I-287 to I-78 to I-81 to I-77 to I-85 through Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina), and the scenic route… Continue reading Drive to Atlanta
Presidential Election Polls
I am a kind of data junkie. I follow lots of polls and watch (or follow on the net) election night coverage for quite a few countries. I used to stay up all night to watch election results trickle in during the elections in Pakistan in 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1997. I watched all the… Continue reading Presidential Election Polls
A Survey About Muslim Americans
Zogby has done a survey of American Muslims for Project MAPS. Here are some poll results I found interesting: 82% of American Muslims are registered to vote this year. The top reason for not registering is not being a citizen (59%). Some vocal, conservative Muslims have the view that voting in a Western country is… Continue reading A Survey About Muslim Americans
Handedness and More
Via Political Animal, here are a few tests to check whether you are left-handed or not. I got the following expected results on the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. Using the rating method of Oldfield, Laterality quotients range from 100 (right handed) to -100 (left handed) This subject’s laterality quotient is: -50.0 Placing this subject in the… Continue reading Handedness and More
Women and Islam
Maryam of A Dervish’s Du`a’ has a Powerpoint presentation titled “Is Your Masjid Sister Friendly?” It is worth viewing as it has photographic evidence of the difference between the facilities for men and women in some mosques. In another post, Maryam says: [S]exism in mosques […] is not a new idea, nor is it a… Continue reading Women and Islam