Muslims Gather In Saudi Arabia For ‘Hajj’

“The Ka’bah is not the destination; it is the starting point of one’s commitment to cast away one’s bad ways and to begin afresh a new Allah-centred life.”

HUD To Demolish New Orleans Projects

The US department of Housing and Urban Development or HUD is expected to begin demolishing four of the largest public housing developments in New Orleans this Saturday. For more than two years after Hurricane Katrina some 4,600 apartments in these buildings have been boarded up and closed to former residents.
“Only 744 affordable housing units will [...]

The Perm Investigation

“I have probably been under every investigation known to man and I can’t remember a time that I’ve not been under investigation,” Sharpton said at the Harlem headquarters of his civil rights organization.In a series of pre-dawn raids on Wednesday, agents of the Internal Revenue Service and the FBI banged on the doors of homes [...]

Who Invited the Dog?

Big J has a Rhodesian Ridgeback, named Simba, similar to this one, above.

This article, from the NY Times, talks about America’s attachments to pets, and how many Americans now travel with their pets.

“Difficult guests are no longer limited to humans. The boundaries between humans and animals have been so eaten away by pet therapists, [...]