'Are there any farmers among them [Europeans]?' Mahjoub asked me.
'Yes, there are some farmers among them. They've got everything - workers and doctors and farmers and teachers, just like us.' I preferred not to say the rest that had come to my mind: that just like us they are born and die, and in the journey from the cradle to the grave they dream ( Read more... )

It's Monday, June 5. I will leave for home on Wednesday, June 14. On Friday, June 9, end-of-year finals things end and happy, birthday-related things begin. (Okay, so the dorm outing on Friday night has nothing to do with my birthday, but I consider it part of a general festive atmosphere.)

Between now and that time, however, I have to write 14 ( Read more... )

So I know that "Hey look at this cool link I found!" posts are obnoxious, but seriously. You have to see this. First you'll sit through a Salon ad, but it's so worth it.

Caitlin Flanagan on "The Colbert Report"

In related news, Bush tried to bitch around Stanford (what the San Jose Mercury and company don't mention is that it was Admit Weekend, and a ( Read more... )

Yes.