Sublime

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Commander Ghani* has just provided a vivid summation of the Pashtun principles of nang (honor), ghairat (pride), and badal (revenge), which—along with a fourth concept, melmastia (hospitality)—account for the most important tenets in an unwritten, overarching code of behavior known as Pashtunwali that has shaped culture and identity in this part of

Then Australia opted for an even more progressive system than the United States had, one that would not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Instead, each potential immigrant would be evaluated on a "points" system, earning a score based on such factors as education, technical or professional training, and relativ

I didn’t intend to focus so intently on marijuana outlaws in this story, and I certainly didn’t plan to become one myself. But it has had the effect of viscerally proving—to me, at least—the absurdity of this prohibition. As long as any aspect of the weed business—cultivation, sales, transportation, or consumption—remains illegal, American marijuan

“heroin” for heroisch, the German word for “courageous.”

Edward Said