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The Gay Pashtuns?

It’s not easy being female in Pashtun society but it’s not much easier being male. Men and women are strictly segregated–burqas predated the Taliban by centuries–which means the only females a male is supposed to see in his lifetime are his mother, sisters (if he has any) and ...  (Read more)

Times Of Honesty

The best feature in The New York Times, when the feature runs, is an Editors’ Note. The Times runs Corrections almost every day, but an Editors’ Note is different and less frequent, because it means the paper really messed up and has some explaining to do. The notes are wonderful ...  (Read more)