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Nominations open for Brass Crescent Awards
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Aziz Poonawalla
Just a reminder – the Nominations phase for the Brass Crescent Awards are now underway. Head over to brasscrescent.org to nominate your favorite blogs in any of the following categories: BEST BLOG: This category honors the most indispensable, Muslim-authored blog there is. Period. BEST WRITER: Who is the most stimulating, insightful, and philosophically wise among…
word clouds for Biden and Palin
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Aziz Poonawalla
I manually extracted Biden’s and Palin’s remarks at the debate from the transcript and fed them into Wordle to create these word clouds. First, Senator Joe Biden:And then, Governor Sarah Palin: It seems the primary topic of the evening was John McCain, and to a lesser extent Barack Obama. That makes sense and fits perfectly…
Biden and Palin
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Aziz Poonawalla
Overall, I think that Biden and Palin did well. Biden met expdectations, and Palin exceeded them. However, neither one really did much to change the overall narrative, which has been trending in Obama’s favor. Palin’s basic objective was to avoid damaging McCain, and attempt to attract independent voters. She succeeded in doing no harm, but…
Regarding free speech
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Aziz Poonawalla
I’ve written a statement about my support for free speech, for reference. I will update it over time but I welcome feedback.
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