“If there is any threat to the sanctity of marriage in America, it comes from those of us who have the privilege and the right and we have abused it for decades.”
I couldn’t agree more.
“If there is any threat to the sanctity of marriage in America, it comes from those of us who have the privilege and the right and we have abused it for decades.”
I couldn’t agree more.
The room then grew quiet as each stood and recited what he regarded as the “untruths” in his own faith. The minister said that one “untruth” for him was that “Christianity is the only way to God.” The rabbi said for him it was the notion of Jews as “the chosen people.” And the sheik said for him it was the “sword verses” in the Koran, like “kill the unbeliever.”
“It is a verse taken out of context,” Sheik Rahman said, pointing out that the previous verse says that God has no love for aggressors. “But we have to acknowledge that ‘kill the unbelievers’ is an awkward verse,’ ” the sheik said as the crowd laughed. “Some verses are literal, some are metaphorical, but the Koran doesn’t say which is which.”
It would be useful for every religion to do this. Point out the stuff in texts that are untruths.
3 Clergymen Tell How Differences of Faith Led to Friendship - NYTimes.com
There’s something about subway photos. This takes it to the next level. Very cool.
But this latest French utopia has met a prosaic reality: Many of the specially designed bikes, which cost $3,500 each, are showing up on black markets in Eastern Europe and northern Africa. Many others are being spirited away for urban joy rides, then ditched by roadsides, their wheels bent and tires stripped.
With 80 percent of the initial 20,600 bicycles stolen or damaged, the program’s organizers have had to hire several hundred people just to fix them. And along with the dent in the city-subsidized budget has been a blow to the Parisian psyche.
Velib, the French bike rental system, is facing challenges. If a public good system like this can’t work in a “first world” country, it has little chance anywhere else. Wonder if there are any product changes that could help fix the issue…
I read this book a long time ago (R’s suggestion) and loved it.
Here is New York, E. B. White, 1949 (via fred-wilson, via cdixon)
Cool www.newyorker.com cover. Via @patrix
Was it true that the president had refused to meet the Dalai Lama on his visit to Washington?
He was told that Obama had indeed tried to curry favor with China by declining to see the Dalai Lama until after the president’s visit to China next month.
Dissing the Dalai was part of a broader new Obama policy called “strategic reassurance” — softening criticism of China’s human rights record and financial policies to calm its fears that America is trying to contain it. (Not to mention our own fears that the Chinese will quit bankrolling our debt.)
Op-Ed Columnist - Fie, Fatal Flaw! - NYTimes.com
Alright, with this, Obama’s fallen drastically. Pathetic. Grow a pair, will you?
Best Car Commercial Ever (via Krishna)
Road, Movie by Director Dev Benegal. Now THIS looks like it will be the movie of the year from India!
My buddy Thalia Chantziara’s work is in the NY Times. Very cool!
2 Killings Stoke Kashmiri Rage at Indian Force - NYTimes.com
Come on, India - hold troops who commit these kinds of attrocities accountable! This is horrible - innocent citizens (note, citizens, not civilans) are being brutalized by an army that knows it can get away with it. Even if the militants vanish, these citizens will not feel part of India if they are treated this way.
Agree with Watson - it’s time to step up again. The top doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering say that the funding environment has become much tougher. That’s just sad.
Change the game, Obama - medical research doesn’t just help America, it helps the world.
New York, I Love You.
Can’t wait to watch this…