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The Old Professor

This essay is a tribute to Professor John J. Glanville from the San Francisco State University philosophy department, whom I have known well since 1988 and with whom I closely studied Ancient and Medieval philosophy from 1991 to 1996. He was well advanced in age, his hair was entirely white, and he was still going strong when I knew him. But I have heard through a friend that he is now slowing down a bit and finally reducing his work load. I learned a lot from Professor Glanville. But he was not the only professor from whom I learned much or who left a deep impression on me. >>>

The BIN LADENS: An Arabian Family in the American Century

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll, in his latest book The Bin Ladens, gives a full account of the history of the Bin Laden family and its rise to prominence in Saudi Arabia

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URGENT CALL: Stop beheading Canadian boy in Saudi Arabia

An overturned court decision in Saudi Arabia has a Montreal teenager facing execution for his alleged role in murder case that already has put his brother on death row. >>>

MTV Cribs ; Imam Zaman's Haauusse

I was mindlessly watching MTV Cribs this past weekend as I started thinking whose crib would the Shiite fundamentalists like to see featured on that program>>>

Mr Obama

It's no longer the message but the messenger that is being sold. Guess We'll find out when the 3:00 am call comes & Mr Obama is in the local gym shooting hoops >>>

For the love of Rumi

I came across this site that seem to have a good translation of Rumi's Masnavi poetry

 

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A note on Anger and pride by Oriana Fallaci

She inscribed Anger and Pride after many years of silence whilst struggling with cancer in occurrence of 9/11 >>>

Don’t look at me left left

Any way, what follows is a number of some Farsi expressions that are not necessarily funny unless they are translated into English. You may have heard some of them before. This list, which is by no means exhaustive, is your punishment for warding off the good writers from this site. To tell you the truth, I was so bored during the last spring break and tired of persistent watching of the weather channel. Staying idle is so unbearable for energetic individuals like me. I thought doing this may not be that tragic, but it is less tragic that going to Florida and jumping into empty pool. That is what a couple of my drunken students did last year>>>

McCain: "In The 21st Century Nations Don't Invade Other Nations"

Seriously???!!! How doesn't the news anchor burst out in tears of laughter?!!! McCain's audacity and imperial hubris are at times truly astonishing>>>

Smokers

And me... >>>