Roger Cohen on the World Cup and France "Feeling Bleu"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/opinion/25iht-edcohen.html

via Haroon Moghul

American Jews Who Reject Zionism Say Events Aid Cause

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/us/26religion.html

via Nader

Article on IMAN's Takin' it to the Streets 2010

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/21/my-take-how-a-%E2%80%98muslim-woodstock%E2%80%99-turns-crisis-into-opportunity/

via Dustin

Tariq Ramadan interview from Istanbul in Today's Zaman

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-213626-8-the-new-we-is-a-manifesto-for-todays-pluralistic-societies.html

Glenn Greenwald: Cause and effect in the War on Terror

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/06/22/terrorism

"The greatest secret in education

consists in exciting and directing the will: that system is the best which elicits the greatest amount of voluntary exertion from the learner. By calling forth all the resources of the student, and making him conscious of his progress, a rational method leads him to incessant spontaneous efforts; it does not dispense with labor, it directs and seconds it; it does not impose learning on the memory, it indicates the means of acquiring it, of making discoveries, and thus renders study accessible to those who are unable to procure masters.

-pg. 25, The Study of Languages Brought Back to Its True Principles or The Art of Thinking in a Foreign Language (1869) by C. Marcel.

Stephen Walt: Uncivil-military relations

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/22/uncivil_military_relations

Haroon Moghul - Letter from Istanbul, Part 2: Thomas Friedman is Either an Idiot Or He Is

http://avari.typepad.com/avari/2010/06/letter-from-istanbul-thomas-friedman-is-either-an-idiot-or-he-is.html

N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi Scours Globe for Top Students

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/education/21nyu.html

via Imam D