THE first thing you should know about American Dervish is that it isn’t a 9/11 novel. The book’s title and author Ayad Akhtar’s bio (American Muslim of Pakistani descent, living in New York City) certainly conspire to make it appear so, which means you would be forgiven for thinking twice about plucking it off a shelf if, like myself, you’ve had too much of this genre.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg married his long time girlfriend Priscilla Chan today – a day after the company finally went public.
The two met at Harvard. She once offered him a Twizzler.
The ceremony was in the back yard of Zuckerberg’s home in Palo Alto. 100 or so people attended.
Congratulations, Mark! Best wishes, Priscilla. Attaboy, Beast.
The AP Story:
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Did you know the government publishes a quarterly list of every individual who renounces his or her citizenship?
The Wall Street Journal’s infographics team decided to crunch the data and came up with a chart tracking the growth of how many Americans no longer wish to be so.
The results are fairly striking:
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The accompanying article by Laura Sanders notes that in 2010, Congress passed a law requ Read More . . .
In a huge upset, and in dramatic fashion, Chelsea came from behind to tie Bayern Munich 1-1 in regulation time and then won The Champions League final 4-3 on penalty kicks.
Bayern dominated the match with 56% of the possession time and 20 corner kicks. But after Bayern finally broke through in the 83rd minute, Didier Drogba returned the favor, heading home the equalizer in the 88th minute on Chelsea’s first c Read More . . .
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The NAACP today voted to formally endorse gay marriage and commit to it as a civil rights issue. It comes about a week and a half after President Barack Obama’s earlier public endorsement of gay marriage. But he also said it should be left to states to decide.
“Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law. The NAACP’s support for marriage equality is deeply rooted in the Fourteenth Amend Read More . . .
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John Mauldin
“Had I right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? I had before been moved by the sophisms of the being I had created; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats; but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesita Read More . . .
John Mauldin
“Had I right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? I had before been moved by the sophisms of the being I had created; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats; but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesita Read More . . .
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