Great Reading

Here is a great article entitled "Freedom and Justice in Islam" by Bernard Lewis, a leading scholar of near eastern studies who at one time was one of the very few european scholars permitted access the the archives of the Ottoman Empire. We need to hear his detailed yet thoroughly readable analysis of the history of the Muslim world in relation to the ideas of democracy. This essay and David L. Cunningham's excellent 5 hour film "The Path to 9/11" are both outstanding doors to opening the world of the 21st century.

Here is the wonderful piece about Miles that appeared this week in the Kingwood Observer.

Smiles for Miles

Once a year I invite my online friends to think about Miles and his life with diabetes. This in addition to the walk to cure diabetes, we're throwing a party called "Smiles for Miles".