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By popular demand*, here’s a link to my Don’t Panic article that answers the question What is the Hajj? *My dad asked for the link.

I just finished listening to a terrific radio documentary (via podcast) about The Hejaz Railway. The railway was commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid and was meant to connect Damascus to Mecca. If you’ve ever seen , Lawrence of…

Links to my latest columns: Scene & Herd — Includes recollections of Chinese New Year’s in Chamblee and College Night at The High Don’t Panic — Where I answer the question on everyone’s minds, why is civil unrest in Nigeria…

From White House released preview excerpts of tonight’s speech: “America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world,” Bush said in the excerpts. “The best way to break this addiction is through technology.”

Study Ties Political Leanings to Hidden Biases from yesterday’s Washington Post. That study found that supporters of President Bush and other conservatives had stronger self-admitted and implicit biases against blacks than liberals did. In related news, a recent University of…

We wish you well. Oh, jeez, sorry, I should rephrase that. ‘Baby Jessica,’ Now 19, Reportedly MarriesSun Jan 29, 10:16 PM ET MIDLAND, Texas – “Baby Jessica,” whose dramatic rescue from an abandoned Texas well was televised across the country…

Me neither.

Here are links to my most recent columns: Pug Life Is the Iraq war hastening Japan’s remilitarization?

Who wants to see photos of my vacation?