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“A big part of the problem these days… RT @TheTweetOfGod: The less you know the more you don’t think you need to”. (Twitter 8:10am – 3 Oct 15) The grammar might be iffy, but the opinion is spot on. The less you know the less you think it important to know anything. This is an …
What’s the point of the hijab? A common explanation is that the headscarf is there to protect women from being pestered by men. Try telling that to any woman who lives in Tehran. To walk down the street alone in the Iranian capital as a female is to be subjected to a near constant barrage …
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“Maybe this world is another planet’s hell”. (Aldous Huxley, quoted on United Press International) Were there little green men observing Earth from some other distant planet, they would note the thousands of refugees fleeing violence, the general political instability, the unpleasant, repressive regimes, the over-population, the poverty, the degradation of the environment, and the seeming …
The New York Times recently ran an article about a 62-year-old pharmaceutical pill whose price has skyrocketed from $13.50 to nearly $750 after it was acquired by Turing Pharmaceuticals. The increase in the price of Daraprim, a drug that “is the standard of care for treating a life-threatening parasitic infection,” will have a huge effect …
“All over Europe, Saudis and Kuwaitis are making a nuisance of themselves. Social media is stuffed with video clips of tourists from the Persian Gulf acting appallingly. We watch as they picnic in public parks, then stroll away leaving their garbage on the grass. We cringe as they double-park their luxury cars in the middle …
