Daily Archives: August 22, 2023

Gone Country

In 1994, Alan Jackson released the single “Gone Country,” which became one of the signature songs of a particular moment in history when country music broke out of its usual ghetto and achieved mainstream success that it had not reached … Continue reading

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Book Review: Historical Atlas Of Islam

Historical Atlas Of Islam, by Malise Ruthven with Azim Nanaji While some aspects of this atlas may seem outdated, given that it was written in 2004 and misses a great deal of Muslim terrorism in the last 20 years, as … Continue reading

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