Archive for January, 2009

The dwindling Zoroastrians

Most people know that Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the world’s three great monotheistic religions, all sprang from the Middle East. But how many are aware that another significant – and even older – monotheistic faith also arose in that region of the world? Zoroastrianism was born in the Persian empire, in what is now Iran, and was [...]

January 5, 2009 religion 0 Comments

Destinations for 2009

Happy New Year! It’s that time of year again – time for personal resolutions and for perusing various annual lists of top travel destinations for the coming 12 months. For the most part, this is a meaningless exercise. But it’s a fun kind of meaningless. Hey, it’s time to dream of all those places we still [...]

January 2, 2009 'Best of' lists 0 Comments
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