Despite the recent controversy over contraception, Gallup finds Americans broadly approve of birth control -- but not porn, cloning, or infidelity.Americans have few moral qualms...
by ERIC ORMSBYIt is all too tempting to describe Bernard Lewis, the distinguished historian of the Islamic world, as venerable. Mr. Lewis, who turns 96...
by Robert FiskThe Long View: Migrant workers from the subcontinent often live eight to a room in slums – even in oil-rich KuwaitHow many tracts,...
New fMRI images of unsedated dogs represent a first peak into what dogs are thinking and open a door into canine cognition and social cognition...
by Atul Gawande, M.D., M.P.H.Surgery is a profession defined by its authority to cure by means of bodily invasion. The brutality and risks of opening...
BADLY drawn imperialist borders that cut across tribes or lumped too many diverse people unhappily together once fuelled much violence in Africa. Half a century...
by Rori DonaghyRights of foreign workers in UAE in focusThe UAE. A place famous for tax-free shopping, stunning feats of construction and beautiful beaches. So...
by Massimo PigliucciI don’t know what’s the matter with physicists these days. It used to be that they were an intellectually sophisticated bunch, with the...
by BELÉN FERNÁNDEZThomas Friedman, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, once offered the following insight into his modus operandi: “I...
THE Bahrain Grand Prix is back. Across the tiny island kingdom, posters trumpet joy at the return of the Formula One race: “UniF1ed: One Nation...
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