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Muhammad Sven Kalisch, a Muslim convert and Germany's first professor of Islamic theology, fasts during the Muslim holy month, doesn't like to shake hands with Muslim women and has spent years studying Islamic scripture. Islam, he says, guides his life. So it came as something of a surprise when Prof. Kalisch announced the fruit of his theological research. His conclusion: The Prophet Muhammad probably never existed. See this report in the WSJ for the entire article. Also check out. The Prof. is ...

The stock market is relieved to see Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang step aside. It's not in the least bit surprising.  After turning down an offer from Microsoft at almost three times the current stock price, the only real surprise is that Jerry Yang survived this long! The Yahoo! Board made a huge error in judgment by appointing Jerry as the CEO. Having been with the company since its inception and never having taken the job, its a clear sign that this ...

Despite his extreme support for John McCain the Democratic party appears to have forgiven Joe Lieberman. After being the Veep nominee in 2000, Senator Lieberman has had quite a "ride" but appears to have survived. President-elect Obama is believed to have chosen not to "seek vengeance" and it appears as though the majority of the elected officials in his party have backed his stance despite their dislike for Senator Lieberman's actions. The Democrats need every vote they can get, given ...

Since the defeat in the recent US elections, the Republicans have returned to the drawing board to do some serious soul searching. Some Republicans prefer to use "math" to console themselves. Meanwhile, several young faces strive to jump to the top of the list for 2012 starting with recently transformed "media loving" Sarah Palin. The Democrats would simply love to see Sarah Palin as the future of the Republican party as there is no better way to further marginalize the ...

McCain is behind in the polls by double digits. The Democrats are "almost" starting to celebrate -- announcing the death of Rovian politics among other things. With the Presidency almost in the bag the focus seems to have shifted to hitting the "magic 60" in the U.S Senate. But then .....one Astrologer (and possibly others) seems to think the stars favor McCain. If you are in the Obama camp this can be reminder not to take chances and continue to maintain ...

The Obama campaign raised a mind-boggling $150 million in September. I recall reading that the Obama campaign might have trouble matching the McCain campaign with its 84M Federal funding. But the September numbers are truly astounding. From $66M in August (which then a record), the Obama campaign has surely knocked this one out of the park. My guess is that many who had planned to contribute all along jumped on board before its too late while repeat contributors did their ...

Check this out. Senator McCain referred to his opponent as "That One" in last night's debate. This is new logo is in response to that comment! I thought this was pretty funny. I was surprised to hear James Carville say that "these two men deeply dislike each other". It's obvious that Senator McCain deeply dislikes Senator Obama, but there was little to suggest in last night's debate (or prior to that), that Senator Obama dislikes Senator McCain. In fact, I think ...

John McCain was scheduled to appear on the David Letterman show the other day. Under the pretext of having to deal with the financial crisis in Washington, Senator MacCain cancelled his appearance at the last minute. David Letterman appears to have been really ticked off.  Check this out. Its hilarious!

While the McCain campaign continues to hide Sara Palin from the media (barring the ABC disaster and the Hannity "softball circus"), it is good to find  other forms of communication that provide insights to America's potential future VP/President. Check out this one.

Most kids are fussy eaters.  At least that's what I have found. Here is an interesting article which gives a few simple tips on how to handle the situation.