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From the archives of the New York Times, dated 1st October, 1851 (PDF) – this question about the origin of the South Carolina State Flag: “The Seal of the South Carolina States’ Rights’ Association is a single star, and over it a half moon.” Quere: What is the signification? – Cour. and Enq. Doubtless, that…

Two stories to share, which I think speak for themselves. The first is from a New York Times article about the local neighborhood community meeting in new York a few weeks ago regarding Cordoba House, where a panel of representatives from the Muslim American Society tried in vain to assuage the paranoia of the citizenry…

Yes, it happened at last. The Justice Department is filing suit against a State in the union, because that state (which did not vote for the sitting President) passed an immigration law that directly undermines the authority of the federal government as enshrined in the US Constitution. President Obama versus the State of Arizona? Nope.…

When we speak of national tragedies like 9-11, we often focus on the word “tragedy” and neglect the word “national”. The measure of a national tragedy is how it affects everyone in the nation, often in different ways. For the muslim-American community, the impact was to wrench our attention away from our pressing issues: social…

The SCOTUS drama is playing out as usual and completely as expected – which is all the more ironic given that the nominee is the one who best made the argument about SCOTUS confirmations being more about drama than substance. With Elena Kagan essentially a cipher as far as her ideology goes (which is also…

This is a guest post by Richard Silverstein of Tikkun Olam blog. The text is of a prepared talk Richard gave on Friday at a conference in Seattle focused on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. I have the unenviable task of telling you tonight about the state of the State of Israel. In short, it’s…

Lt. General Stanley McChrystal is being summoned to Washington DC today because of a pending article in Rolling Stone magazine where he and his aides trashed the civilian leadership of the war, including Obama, Biden, and others. McChrystal has apologized, but the political buzz is that Obama will fire him. I think this would be…

In an opinion piece in the NY Daily News, John Nagl argues that though things seem grim in Afghanistan, we can still “win”, for three reasons: The war in Afghanistan is winnable for three reasons: because for the first time the coalition fighting there has the right strategy and the resources to begin to implement…

Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day commemorates the beginning of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year – with a photo of the sun rising over Stonehenge. I am sure that Stonehenge will be a popular destination tonight (UPDATE: 20,000 people witnessed the sunrise). It’s worth noting that the days start to get…

The New York Times reports that a small team of American geologists and military personnel have discovered vast reserves of precious metals and minerals in Afghanistan, which profoundly transforms the destiny of this battered nation overnight: The previously unknown deposits – including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium…
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