The International Association of Sufism and Dominican University of California
Present a Building Bridges Conference Series
Understanding Islam
Saturday, March 11, 2006
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Creekside Room, Dominican University of California
50 Acacia Avenue, … [Keep reading >>]
And of course the Administration is ensuring the money is allocated for the care of their suffering…
A third of U.S. soldiers who returned from the war in Iraq in 2003 … [Keep reading >>]
The print version of Al Jazeera follows up on a Telegraph (UK) report detailing conditions in an Afghan prison that, in some ways, makes Guantanamo seem like a Days Inn: … [Keep reading >>]
The BBC announced the results of a poll showing that 65% of respondents worldwide believe the Iraq War has increased the threat of global terror: “It’s official. Citizens worldwide … [Keep reading >>]
The AFL-CIO doesn’t always back the best horses but with corruption and venality on full display, public doubt rising the mid-term elections coming on look to be pretty fluid. … [Keep reading >>]
Here is a nice vignette of vicious intolerance. Pork soup served to the hungry in France — in order to keep Muslims away; in order to make a political statement. … [Keep reading >>]
As reported by the Atlanta Business Journal, favorite-son Andrew Young has (inexplicably) gone public in support of Wal-Mart: “I have committed my life to helping the poor and I believe … [Keep reading >>]
Writing in the Indianapolis Star, Dan Carpenter notes that the powers that be have been selling off our assets for a mighty long time: “Robust debate is needed as to … [Keep reading >>]
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Trudy Rudin explains that the port security dilemma resides with incompetence in the white house, not malevolence in Dubai: “The spotlight is on the Bush team … [Keep reading >>]
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRGGGGGGG! (The sound of saints puking.)
when U.S. President George W. Bush travels to India, he will lay a wreath in honor of Mohandas Gandhi.
Gandhi, Bush, and the Bomb … [Keep reading >>]
Remember Barbara Tuchman’s The March of Folly? She died too soon. Johnson’s Folly in Vietnam was the final exemplar in her 1984 book; Troy and the infamous horse … [Keep reading >>]
Many of them murdered by Mahdi Army zealots; Madhi Army created under the watch of Jerry Bremmer because there was no plan, no knowledge, few allies, dull-witted reponse to facts … [Keep reading >>]
