For a while, the exemplar op-ed for ridiculousness and gross violation of logic, reason, history and straw-men argumentation was Bernard Lewis’s appearance on the WSJ pages declaring the End of Times. But, I think that standard has now been met, if not exceeded, by Edward Luttwak’s incredibly offensive President Apostate? Love that Question Mark. Oh, [...]
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The Winter 2008 issue of Public Culture covers “The Public Life of History” and has an intriguing piece by Dipesh Chakrabarty on the practice of history writing and the lessons from India. It is something that I will want to return, in the near future, for a thorough discussion. But, right now, I want to [...]
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There was a news item in a Lahore daily, a few days ago. In the Daily Waqt, the un-named reporter, sought to highlight destruction and disappearance of the Lal Qila dungeons in Lahore. These dungeons, the article stated, had housed political prisoners and criminals for centuries – since Lodhi to Akbar to Shah Jahan to [...]
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Obama’s pastor, and McCain’s “advisors” pulled back the Veil on the Holy of Holies last week, exposing a brutal truth for those who live within the secular narrative. It is this: religious people believe things that seem strange to outsiders. Those religious folks also believe things that are specifically informed by their subjective experiences, which [...]
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Obama Photo Causes Stir, AP: A photograph circulating in the Internet of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dressed in traditional local garments during a visit to Kenya in 2006 is causing a dustup in the presidential campaign over what constitutes a smear. The Associated Press photograph portrays Obama wearing a white turban and a wraparound white [...]
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Bill O’Reilly is probably not as big an asshole as he appears to be, but one thing is certain, he does a terrific job playing one on radio and television. For years, Americans have contended with “entertainers-cum-pundits” setting frames around policy debates. O’Reilly’s, Limbaugh’s, Hannity’s and Beck’s characters are most likely amplifications of the personalities [...]
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The assumptions nested in our electoral punditry are astounding. What’s more astounding is that we do not question them, especially when they barely conceal true, noxious racialist thinking. Why, for instance, is Don Imus a pariah, when Dick Morris and Chris Matthews can proceed without pause with lines of questioning based on the assumption that [...]
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The media’s pontificating talking heads and some sorry campaign managers trying to pull their candidates from the muck have got it wrong. They’re obsessing over the difference between two abstractions: change and experience, assuming those labels define the persons to whom they’re applied, and the voters enthusiastic about voting for them. True to narrow-casted form, [...]
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The MSM’s take on Bhutto’s murder has inspired much wondering on the pages of Chapati Mystery–can they be talking about Benazir Bhutto? our readers ask. The corrupt thief of a billion American tax dollars meant for Pakistan’s infrastructure and military? The monarchical heir to power in a supposed democracy? The populist who claimed to speak [...]
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There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the upcoming release of former First Cat Socks Clinton‘s new memoir, First Cat: A White House Memoir. Chapati Mystery was fortunate enough to be granted an exclusive interview with Socks in which he discussed his book, life after the White House and his views on personal fitness and [...]
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A manly public image can take a lot of work. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s image is managed on many levels, including media depiction of his relationships with household pets. It has been widely reported that Putin is frequently photographed with an imposing black lab named Koni, whom he even invites to summits with foreign leaders, [...]
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Sir, you make a mistake listening to people who tell you how much our stand alienates black men in this country. I’d guess actually we have the sympathy of 90 percent of the black people. There are 20,000,000 dormant Muslims in America. A Muslim to us is somebody who is for the black man; I [...]
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Q Dana, does the White House believe that Musharraf is now a dictator? MS. PERINO: Look, I think that that is — it’s premature to say that. This is a President – … The glorious founding fathers of this nation really did us a bad. They kicked out the King, banned all pomp and circumstance, [...]
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One simple question, simply stated, to every elected Senator and Congressperson, to every Presidential candidate, at every campaign stop. Just stand and ask this question: Should United States support a tyrant and an illegitimate dictator in Pakistan and wait for another Islamic Revolution? Remember that the over 2000 people currently under arrest are being terrorized [...]
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The White House maintains a special website for Barney. _____________________________________________________________________________
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I. But, another inflection, if the testament is always made in front of witnesses, a witness in front of witnesses, it is also to open and enjoin, it is also to confide in others the responsibility of their future. To bear witness, to test, to attest, to contest, to present oneself before witnesses. For Mandela, [...]
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“A specialist on Islam at the State Department nearly wept envisioning a “Danish-cartoons situation,” Mr. Kiriakou said. An Afghan literature professor, he added, said Paramount was “willing to burn an already scorched nation for a fistful of dollars.” The head of an Afghan political party said the movie would energize the Taliban. Nearly everyone Mr. [...]
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The moral of this tale, my friends, is never use an acrylic-based varnish with watercolors. Is it any mistake it happened to the First Family? Could this be inadvertent acrylic voodoo? _______________________________________________________________
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روشن کەيں بەار کے امکاں ەوۓ تو ەيں گلشن ميں چاک چند گريباں ەوۓ تو ەيں Somewhere the lights of spring have surely appeared A few collars, in the garden, have surely shredded ٹەري ەوي ەۓ شب کي سياەي وەيں، مگر کچھ کچھ سحر کے رنگ پَر افشاں ەوۓ تو ەيں The dark ink of [...]
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