Links for 2009-10-28 [del.icio.us]
Career Advice: Views of the Classroom - Inside Higher Ed What is a teaching philosophy and how to write about it.

Penis Slicing and Cheney is more Taliban than the Taliban - #torture
Andrew Sullivan brings us two torture related stories today. One pulls on reporting by Glenn Greenwald, in which we find out Binyam Mohamed had his genitals sliced open as torture. If, for some reason, that image doesn't nauseate you, imagine his name was Benjamin Moses

Shine a Light: Happy Baby
American Express and NBC-Universal are running a contest to award a grant to a small business. They have narrowed the list down to three. I have decided to plug one of them because it was founded by a friend of mine, Shazi Visram. HappyBaby is: committed to making baby food as healthy and delicious as homemade with the essential nutrients needed for optimal growth and development. Their products came to market after it was too late for my kids to try them, but they are supposedly very good, and definitely the type of thing I would have b

Bismillah Raven
I am always looking for interesting artwork, especially as it relates to Islam. Below is the Arabic phrase "bismillah," "in the name of God," done in a Native American style. Details from the artist are here, and an article about the piece can be found here (another take here).

The Dove is Dead
Leila Abu-Saba of Dove's Eye View has returned to her Maker. inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. We come from God and we return to God. Leila was true friend of islamicate. She was one of our earliest commenters, was always available for a good email chat, and was deeply committed to seeing peace become a reality. I pray for her and her family. (first heard from Marc Lynch of Abu Aardvark)