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I was watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night and he had the most succinct commentary about why a constitutional amendment banning gay-marriage is a flawed proposition. They only other time we’ve had an amendment dealing with individual morality was prohibition. We all know how well that one went. What would we do without independent news outlets?

Gardens and Afghanistan [Updated][2x]

Does a war-torn country need a garden? [update]: Sectarian bias is a blight on a rare Afghan good news story [update]: Afghanistan’s fight for it’s cultural heritage Afghanistan

Reading Iran

Via MoorishGirl (have you bought her book yet?) I found this wonderful list from Azar Nafisi (of Reading Lolita in Tehran fame) on books on Iran. Her list: (asterisks are ones I’ve read) Encyclopedia Iranica (*as much as one reads an encyclopedia) The Blindfold Horse: Memories of a Persian Childhood Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope www.TehranAvenue.com www.fis-iran.org www.abfiran.org My Uncle Napoleon (*I just saw the new edition of the English translation. I’ve read the original Persian, and it’s a hoot.) Persepolis [vol. 1 and vol. 2] (*love it) Strange Times My Dear The Secret of Laughter Rubaiyat…

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  1. May God help them:
    May God the Father bless us;
    may Christ take care of us;
    the Holy Ghost enlighten us all the days of our life.
    The Lord be our defender and keeper of body and soul,
    both now and for ever, to the ages of ages.
    (Æthelwold c 908-984)

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