Monthly Archive for November, 2008

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Good riddance, Palin

Referring to her critics Sarah Palin says: “It’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, it’s unprofessional, and those guys are jerks.” Even now, it’s frightening that this airhead could have had her well manicured fingers on the nuclear button…

Security or vanity?

The nouveux riches in Iran are engaged in a depressing competition to build the grandest and the most unusual residences with little regards, I feel, for practicalities. More »

Black man, White house

During the last few years travelling to the US has become increasingly unattractive. Let us hope this now changes, and let’s hope Barack can do something about the things that have made the whole world angry with the US. I am now looking forward to resuming my frequent US trips.

Right to wear a headscarf

Six years ago an Egyptian news reader, Ghada El-Tawil, decided to wear a headscarf (or hejab) in public, including on television. For this she was banned from continuing her job. It has taken a six-year legal battle to resume her post. More »


kaveh1000: Good luck Peter. "@p_binfield: This is my last day at PLoS ONE. Just made a farewell blog post at: http://t.co/DpYnPmY2"
8 hours ago
McDawg: #WordPress: an unlikely platform for publishers - Interesting stuff from @kaveh1000 http://t.co/iVbjSGah #STM
9 hours ago
kaveh1000: RT @hmajd: The only thing that would make the Olympics amusing :http://t.co/9bsJK6pa
1 day ago
kaveh1000: RT @rkiddr: Not sure about their proofing skills - see jnl title vs scope vs acronym http://t.co/8WevTRTX
1 day ago

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