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CLARENCE THOMAS Big case, lots of media coverage. Would it have killed him to ask one question...
...means rereading the founding texts and producing a body of Islamic thought in European languages. Ramadan's recent book, To Be a European Muslim, was written in English; editions in German, Italian and Dutch are all forthcoming. And Ramadan's message isn't intended for Muslims alone. "The real question is about spirituality," he says. "If the presence of Muslims leads Europeans to think about who they are and what they believe in, that has to be positive." Thanks partly to Ramadan, Islam is on its way to becoming an integral part of Europe's religious landscape...
...members of Wu-Tang are street-corner scientists, experimenting, theorizing, pushing the limits of what's possible in hip-hop. The phrase experimental music usually suggests that the work in question is somehow hard to enjoy and impossible to understand. Wu-Tang's lyrics and intentions can be perversely oblique, but their music manages to be experimental and populist at the same time. Wu-Tang's songs have the loose but intricate feel of late-night jazz jams--they're artfully crafted but emotionally...
...Constitution. "Don't we need a standard," the Justice demanded? Olson agreed that should the high court remand the case to the Florida Circuit Courts and Secretary of State Katherine Harris, he would accept any ensuing standards. Perhaps sensing Olson's fatigue, Justice Scalia jumped in with a rhetorical question designed to clarify Olson's position on the admissibility of recounts, to which the Bush attorney replied, gratefully, "You're absolutely right, your honor...
...Then it was on to the question of the year: How can an individual discern the elusive "intent of the voter," which the Florida legislature has established as its primary standard for counting votes? Justice Ginsburg wanted to know how Olson, who has argued that the Florida Supreme Court has consistently intruded on the jurisdiction of the state legislature during this contest, would react to new, clearer standards. "You've dismissed 'intent of the voter' as too vague a standard," she said. "But at least that came from the legislature. And if something were added to that, wouldn...