We Are All Muslims

Fair warning: controversial views ahead (but when has that ever stopped me before?). Oh, I tried. Lord knows I tried. I’ve made my feelings pretty clear on Twitter (here, here and here), but I wasn’t really planning on writing anything on this blog. And yet, now I am. Why? Because it’s the story that just [...]

Having Our Say

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” That’s the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. We like to reference it a lot: when we want to to wear a certain tee-shirt or fly a certain [...]

Nutrimentum spiritus

Nutrimentum spiritus (“food for the soul“)- Inscription on the Berlin Royal Library One of my earliest memories connected to my love of reading comes from the local library branch my mother used to take me to. It was small – very small in my memory, though I think it’s since been expanded. The children’s books [...]