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Understanding Islam and America: a brilliant guide
Distinguished scholar Akbar Ahmed chronicles his and students' travels to 100 mosques in 75 American cities. Molly Norris writes about what she learned from his new book.
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Who will speak up for Seattle cartoonist under fatwa threat?
Molly Norris, under FBI protection because of a terror-connected cleric's threat, has become friends with the head of a local Muslim-American group. But have Seattle's liberal politicians reached out to embrace her or free expression? Uhh, no.
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High-school reunions: becoming our parents
Forty-one years later, a writer reflects on small-town life, special teachers, her car-hop job at A&W, and the realization that she and her classmates are turning into their parents.
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Computer sciences: Not dominated by Dilberts, but still short on women
For women, particularly of color, the glass ceiling can be a problem, and so can simple underrepresentation. Modest gains have failed to erase the male domination.
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Let's get shared bikes in Seattle! A Paris memoir
Vancouver has 'em, dammit. We should, too.