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Bloggers Respond to Imam Feisal Rauf's NYT Op-Ed

Imam Feisal Rauf, the leader of the group planning the Cordoba Center, called the "Ground Zero Mosque" by critics, addressed the controversy over his work in a guest column today in the New York Times. Rauf has just returned from a trip abroad doing public outreach on behalf of the U.S. State Department, work he also did under the Bush administration. Here is an excerpt from his column and ...

New York Fashion Week - A Jewelry Designer Makes Her Fashion Week Debut

Like hundreds of upstart designers before her, Monique Péan is making her debut at New York Fashion Week; she has seven weeks to put together her show.

The End of Chicago's Daley Dynasty

For much of the past half century, the city of Chicago has been run by Daleys. First with Richard J. Daley from 1955 to 1975, then with his son Richard M. Daley from 1989 to 2011. On Tuesday, the end of the Daley dynasty came into view as Mayor Daley announced he won't run for reelection in 2011. "Simply put, it's time," said the 68-year-old mayor. "Time for me, it's time for Chicago to move on ...

By Jim Lobe and Daniel Luban

WASHINGTON - Leaders of some three dozen mainstream United States religious denominations on Tuesday condemned what many commentators have called a rising tide of Islamophobia touched off by the recent controversy over the construction of a Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan, two blocks from the site of the twin World Trade Center towers destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

What Do You Read? First Edition

Earlier this week, we asked our readers to give us a peek into their daily media consumption habits. Here are some of the standout replies we received so far:Longtime Atlantic Wire reader and commenter Süper Chuñdy:First thing I do is scan my RSS feeds from The Atlantic Wire, memeorandum, the Slatest, and NPR. This gives me a good sense of what the talking-heads think is important. To find out ...