I wonder if she’s married?
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown does it again. Build bridges people, not a common pattern of oppression.
Month: November 2004
World Health
Do you want to help with drug development and distribution for third world diseases?… Will be added to the side shortly.
From a blue stater to red staters
John Stewart said last week that being in New York he clearly knew nothing about terrorism and he was glad that the red staters were there to tell him about it…. Maybe you are content to think that, to write me off as a “liberal” — the dreaded “L” word — and rejoice that your candidate has triumphed over evil, immoral, anti-American, anti-family people like me.
ethnics, religics and electics
To be fair, just because Indians might be more organized at the political level, doesn’t mean they are aware of the issues facing them in this country either. On a more positive note, Mayor Bloomberg does a good thing by reminding the NYPD that they are not immigration officers and they exist to protect and serve everyone.
On a Jewish Tip
Faith based initiatives will become a bigger issue for Bush once he comes back from his man date…. I can’t imagine any of the current national Muslim organizations choosing the best person to head them, just the best Muslim.
Film on Muslim Homosexuals
I think it’s a necessary film, because the reality is that they do exist, and how do we as a religious community deal with them, especially when the issue of religion and homosexuality is getting more important internationally as it becomes a wedge issue in the US. I like his last point, an obvious one, about a vocal minority hijacking the faith. Unfortunately, it will be this same vocal minority who will scream “Zionist conspiracy,” and “Jews trying to destroy Islam,” because of his work with a Jewish director.
International Observers
Joi Ito found a good article on the International Herald Tribune about what international observers are saying about our election process…. I don’t do it because I have affiliation to another country (unless we finally get the New York succession movement going), but because I have friends and family overseas, I like to travel and because of work and research.
Iranian sues for First Amendment Rights
And not just any Iranian, but Nobel Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi…. Cross-posted at Title VI.
Keeping Hope Alive
This is a time for me to do something about the world I want to live in, and hopefully the rest of the liberals and progressives will feel the same way…. I believe in the idea of America, an idea that I believe this administration is fundamentally opposed to, and I will continue to fight for that idea and that ideal.