Just finished reading Hassan Hassan’s extremely informative article on the origin of the Islamic State, which tries to explain its origins. Hassan (who I consider a personal friend) makes it clear at the start that no simple explanation can be made…

In a recent Gulf News article in the United Arab Emirates, the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, explains why the country is creating a Ministry of Tolerance. He notes that:

There’s more to life than meets the eye.

You are reading my text.

Any journalism student who takes my class will hear this bit of journalism lore, the reason that some journalists spell the first paragraph of a news story a “lede” rather than a “lead.” Here’s how I described it in a blog post a few years ago:

Because back in the good ole days…