Amartya Sen in Slate: What Clash of Civilizations? If we could just stop 'engaging' Sam Huntington's ludicrous panic-sheet, it will be A-Ok w/ me.
OK, since a number of chapati readers have a thing for history, for those of you in the tristate area I highly recommend the Venice & The Islamic World exhibition at the Met: it seriously rocks: http://qalandari.blogspot.com/2007/05/venetian-khichdi.html