Burke Marshall has died. Burke Marshall, the government’s legal strategist on civil rights in the era of freedom rides, the Birmingham church bombing and the March on Washington, died yesterday at his home in Newtown, Conn., near Danbury. He was 80. The cause was myelodysplasia, a bone marrow disorder, said his daughter Catie Marshall. As… Continue reading Burke Marshall, 1922-2003
Trackback Problems
I have “Trackback Auto-discovery” switched on for my blog. It was working fine in automatically pinging the weblogs I referred to. But it is not working any more. It does not even find the URLs to ping. Specifically it did not let me ping The Poor Man in the previous post. Does anyone any ideas… Continue reading Trackback Problems
The Poor Man at his best
The Poor Man is supposed to be on semi-vacation working on his thesis (like me), but he is at his funniest and snarkiest posting loads of material. I can excerpt it, so I am linking to all his recent posts. First, he makes fun of Republican whining over alleged prejudice and takes on the thin… Continue reading The Poor Man at his best
Salam Pax
Salam Pax was already a famous blogger. Then we heard that he’s becoming a columnist, writing biweekly for the Guardian starting this wednesday. And now Peter Maass tells us that Salam was his interpreter for a couple of weeks in Baghdad.
Eric Rudolph: Terrorist
Eric Rudolph, longtime fugitive and terrorist, was finally caught a couple of days ago. When Rudolph bombed the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA in 1996, I still was more than a year away from coming here. But Olympics are a big event and I heard all about the bombing and was probably in Atlanta… Continue reading Eric Rudolph: Terrorist
Democracy: Pakistani Style
To all those who think General Pervez Musharraf has restored democratic government in Pakistan, here is his underling Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali: “Neither you nor I gave him the uniform. It was given to him by an organization and only that organization can decide about that.” So, only the army can decide whether the President… Continue reading Democracy: Pakistani Style
Kayaking
I went kayak touring (also known popularly as sea kayaking, though we were obviously not on the sea in this trip) on Lake Oconee yesterday. It was a lot of fun and tiring. I am thinking about going on an overnight lake trip later this month in which we’ll kayak and hike. There were some… Continue reading Kayaking
Muslim = Arab + Iran?
Somehow, a lot of people and the media think most Muslims are Arabs. It pisses me off. Can’t the media look up some data? The latest is a CNN story about the case of Sultana Freeman, a Muslim woman who has brought a lawsuit against Florida for revoking her driver’s license with a fully-veiled photo.… Continue reading Muslim = Arab + Iran?
Publish your Credit card
Welcome to my Credit Card Details Why keep your credit card numbers to yourself, when you can let everyone see them? No other website will give you the chance to show everyone your credit card numbers (including your pin number) and to have a browse through other peoples. You may even see the details of… Continue reading Publish your Credit card
Tolerance, Perfection and Progress
My previous post on tolerance in Islamic societies of the past linked to most of the debate in the blogosphere. A number of other bloggers have written about Disaffected Muslim’s criticisms, e.g., Shia Pundit, Elham and TheBit. This post is not to criticize Disaffected Muslim since a number of her criticisms are valid but their… Continue reading Tolerance, Perfection and Progress