Islamists of Kuwait have announced the creation of their political party. Ummah Party is the first of its kind in the Gulf region. (Links: Arabic, English)

Husein Shubukshi thinks we can balance the intolerant books our kids study at school by considering ideas by the likes of Ibn Khaldoun, Ibn Rushd and Ibn Hazm. Good point.

Some Saudis who went to Indonesia to help the Asian tsunami victims have decided to take the chance to spread their Wahhabism. Instead of giving food, they started giving hijabs! For God’s sake! Can’t you just help those people and leave? They need food and shelter, not your radical ideas.

A long, but extremely good piece on blogs and traditional media by Jack Shafer.

Maureen Dowd to George Bush: “Freedom means the freedom to be free from reading what you promise voters and other stuff. I could make that case, if the price were right.”

What is a Genius Bar?

Lockhart Steele, the next managing editor of Gawker Media, writes about the design blogs. From ApartmentTherapy.com to DesignSponge, these blogs give you advice from normal people instead of greedy retailers.