Current Affairs

Muslims Serving in the Military

Andrew Sullivan offers us observations from a reader. the rollover of the HUMMV which caused the death of the driver. I was at the mortuary when the MEDEVAC helicopter brought this young man’s broken body in to be prepared for the journey home. The rest of his team were brought to Bagram as well. They were very adamant that they be the ones to escort the fallen brother to the C17. Although dirty and disheveled from their encounter, I agreed as I am certain their brother would have had it no other way. To a man, they wanted me to…

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Media

Plug: America’s Next Great Pundit Round 2

My friend Zeba Khan is through the first round of voting, and round two is open for voting. Her email is below. Please support her again. Hello Everyone, Thanks to your help last week, I moved on to Round Two in the Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit” Competition. This week the five remaining contestants had to blog. My aim was to put out quality over quantity and I hope I achieved that. Here are a couple links to pieces I wrote: http://views.washingtonpost.com/pundits/contestants/zeba.khan/2009/11/an_idea_for_detroit.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/pundits/contestants/zeba.khan/2009/11/great_expectations.html Now, I am writing again to shamelessly ask for your vote. Voting is happening now until…

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