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A Roman Catholic on the Crusades. Past and present. If you didn’t know already, serving honorably in the military makes you suspect in the eyes of this administration. Make sure you vote. Make sure you CAN vote. A German paper reporting there is no conflict between Islam and democracy? Only the clear-thinking right can believe an Islamophobe who committed genocide against Muslims could write the true history of Islam. Too funny. Ouch! Wish I had written it. 9/11 has to be more than a symbol. My Boykin‘s back and you’re gonna be in trouble. Did you know on a standard…

Forest for the Trees

The Muslim American Society has been organizing people to boycott Fleet Bank for allegedly discriminating against Muslims. Based on the evidence they, MAS, have presented, I think it’s important to bring any impropriety out and to use not only criminal sanction, but also market sanction. But…

Who to blame (redux)

So it looks like Professor Osgood is helping me make up my mind about who to blame regarding Abu Ghraib. Here is a graf from what he wrote in today ‘s Washington Post: Military sociology has at its core two powerful insights. First, military organizations reflect in many ways the societies from which they emerge. If a society condones brutality and lewdness, you will find soldiers beating prisoners and copulating with one another while their comrades take souvenir snapshots. If a society has no norm of chief executives accepting responsibility for their corporations’ moral and financial failures, do not expect…