“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” This was today’s quote: the words of Abraham Lincoln. Fitting given today’s world.
One Friday halaqa early in my days at Stanford the main segment was a PBS Frontline documentary about various aspects of American foreign policy. As the end credits rolled music was playing […]
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Lives in the balance
Published March 15th, 2007 in History, Politics, Reminiscing, U.S. and music. 7 CommentsThursday we had Norman Finkelstein speaking at McMaster. A little bird tells me there were serious efforts to intervene with the powers that be, both on and off campus, to prevent the talk from actually happening. Al-hamdulillah those efforts were unsuccessful and the audience was edified by a compelling talk from a very articulate man […]
Tokyo Rose
Published January 19th, 2007 in Civil Rights, History, Politics, Prejudice and U.S.. 0 CommentsToday’s “This Day in History” was about Tokyo Rose. I found myself asking for the nth time when we as a society will ever learn the lessons of the past. I still remember the 1st gulf war and the reporting that essentially made CNN. They covered “smart” weapons as if they were computer games, or […]
