January 5th, 2009
Things do change.
It's a startling sight in Egypt, where mosques have long been a man's realm. The few Egyptian women who appeared at mosques in the past had come to pray _ usually in small, partitioned-off corners _ or to make appeals at the shrines of holy figures, ...
January 5th, 2009
So why, in an equally crowded small town and large town, does the large town have more traffic? It's because the area increases at a faster rate than the perimeter. Read the explanation here.
January 5th, 2009
Lots more Catholics, and a real-live atheist! The article's here.
January 5th, 2009
The Rabbit series is still incredible, but--just like with Roth and Bellow--the narcissism that these novels represented ended up with some bad news. This is a great review of the latest Updike novel that is fair to his abilities and also brutal about his decline. But the best ...
