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...sprawling, decrepit, Arabian Nights complex in Casablanca once owned by a real caliph - was crawling with them. His ever-expanding workforce was terrified by the spectral invaders, blaming them for every accident, including those dead animals. "They were a back door by which all blame could be neatly sidestepped," writes Shah of the jinns. "Any blunder - from chopping down the wrong tree to setting fire to the lawn mower - could be instantly brushed aside." So Shah learned to deal with jinns the Moroccan way, sprinkling drops of his blood in the toilet, burying chunks of meat in the garden...
...clash of values” between Massachusetts and the Catholic Church over adoption by gays and lesbians: the interests of the State’s vulnerable children in need of adoption—the silent third party to this feud—should not be overlooked. Nevertheless, I write to point out a course of action the piece’s authors overlooked—one that would allow the state to avoid this dilemma altogether. Massachusetts could amend its tax laws to revoke the favored tax status of private organizations incorporated under state law that discriminate based on sexual...
...adds a smarmy exclamation point to another display of his arrogance and disregard for the law. Ed Vecchio Huber Heights, Ohio, U.S. The most disturbing excuse for the delay in reporting the accident to the public was that Cheney had no press officer with him. Why couldn't he write his own statement about something supposedly so straightforward? How could relaying facts be beyond his ability? If only Cheney were committed to truth and transparency, and if only he were candid enough to face the public outside the comfort zone of Fox News. The media overreacted to the delay...
...adds, “I just try to write characters that are believable within the context of themselves, who seem alive in and of themselves, regardless of any other thing about them, whether they’re white or Asian or black or man or woman...
After that, he plans to write a book set in the Upper Peninsula...