Americas

The Entire History Of The World In One Chart

This “Histomap,” created by John B. Sparks, was first printed by Rand McNally in 1931. The David Rumsey Map Collection hosts a fully zoomable version here. This giant, ambitious chart fit neatly with a trend in nonfiction book publishing of the 1920s and 1930s: the “outline,” in which large subjects (the history of the world! every […]

An Atom’s Weight of Good

Huff Post: by Aamir Hussain.     I am a devout Muslim, and personally believe in the truth of my religion; however, as the most skeptical Coach about our idea to distribute the food, I was ashamed to see that other non-Muslim student leaders were more committed to the Islamic principle […]

Guess who are the top Five US Aid recipients?

Mo’ money, mo’ problems? Here are the top 5 recipients of US foreign aid. They aren’t exactly poster-children for a democratic society. Kyle Kim/GlobalPost The countries receiving the most American aid aren’t exactly posterchildren for a model, peaceful society. Before Sept. 11, Egypt topped the US foreign aid list for 35 years […]

Why Fear Islam?

By Harris Raja, Baltimore, USA Whether it is Mr. Huckabee blaming Islam for “promoting murderous mayhem on the planet”, or Peter Bergen linking the terror alert to Muslims night of power, or Congressman Peter King’s “radical Islam” hearings, all have one thing in common—they all fear Islam. Either because of violence or […]