Here’s the Perfect Thing to Say When Someone Is Rude
Source: Time By DANNY WALLACE Danny Wallace is the author of F You Very Much: Understanding the Culture of Rudeness—and What We Can Do About It. Recently, the British IVF pioneer Lord Robert […]
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Muslim, Millennial and single: A generation struggles to find love
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner February 14 at 8:19 AM Email the author ANAHEIM, Calif. — Osman Aslam has tried the apps. On Minder, he wrote he enjoys hiking, going on long […]
Why Eating Slowly May Help You Lose Weight
Source: Mens Health Remember those times when your parents ask you not to gobble down your meals, and start eating slowly instead, you may not have listened then, but you […]
The ‘real’ St. Valentine was no patron of love
Source: The Conversation On Feb. 14, sweethearts of all ages will exchange cards, flowers, candy, and more lavish gifts in the name of St. Valentine. But as a historian of Christianity, […]
I’ve Been a Mormon for 75 Years. Here’s What I Know About the Church and Assault.
Source: The Cut By Judy Dushku Jennie Willoughby describes how her ex-husband Rob Porter was abusive to her. Photo: Courtesy of The Washington Post The most shocking thing about the outing of […]
Burma Welcomes Genocide Deniers to Rohingyas’ Home
Source: The Daily Beast By TIMOTHY MCLAUGHLIN The country of Burma (Myanmar), faced with accusations of ethnic cleansingover its brutal campaign against Rohingya Muslims, is on the defensive. The international community has ratcheted up […]
The War on Valentine’s Day in India
Source: The Atlantic BY ELIZABETH FLOCK In the days before Valentine’s Day 2009, members of a group called the Sri Ram Sena dragged several young women out of a pub […]
How Bill Gates is taking on President Trump
Source: Time By FLORA CARR February 13, 2018 In the tenth edition of the Gates Foundation’s annual letter, Bill and Melinda Gates have chosen a different tact, tackling head-on “The 10 Tough […]
Muslim boys who insulted Christianity sentenced to memorise verses of Quran that honour Jesus
Source: Independent By Bethan McKernan Unique sentencing from Christian judge in Lebanon, where insulting religion can be punishable by up to three years in prison, praised as message of coexistence The […]
Why did Christianity prevail?
Source: The New York Times By TOM BISSELLFEB. 13, 2018 A woman holding a rosary at Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church. CreditSaul Martinez for The New York Times THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY […]
Capitalism will eat democracy, unless we speak up
Source: TED Talk BY Yanis Varoufakis Yanis Varoufakis thinks we need a radically new way of thinking about the economy, finance and capitalism. Have you wondered why politicians aren’t […]
A.I. will be ‘billions of times’ smarter than humans and man needs to merge with it, expert says
Source: CNBC BY Arjun Kharpal A.I. will be ‘billions of times’ smarter than humans, says expert Artificial intelligence could be “billions of times smarter” than humans and people may need to […]
New York Times CEO: Print journalism has maybe another 10 years
Source: CNBC BY Kellie Ell | @KellieAutumnEll The newspaper printing presses may have another decade of life in them, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson told CNBC on Monday. “I believe at least 10 […]
Melinda Gates: President Trump’s ‘Misguided’ Budget Shows U.S. Doesn’t Care About Women and Children
Source: Time By ARIC JENKINS February 12, 2018 President Trump on Monday released his latest budget request for the next fiscal year.The plan drew reactions from all over, including criticism from philanthropist Melinda […]
President Trump Promised to ‘Hire the Best People.’ Rob Porter Is Just the Latest Red Flag
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON and PHILIP ELLIOTT February 12, 2018 The resignation of top White House aide Rob Porter amid allegations of domestic violence certainly raised questions about the vetting process for working for President Donald […]
In search of surrogates, foreign couples descend on Ukraine
Source: BBC News By Kevin Ponniah Ukraine, one of Europe’s poorest nations, is fast becoming the place to go for people desperate to find a surrogate to have their […]
‘I couldn’t mourn my grandmother because I had my period’
Source: BBC News By Megha Mohan Image captionMegha Mohan’s grandmother Although still a sensitive subject in many Indian families, menstruation had never been taboo in mine – until an emotional […]
Harvey Weinstein: New York state sues Weinstein Company
Source: BBC News New York prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against The Weinstein Company, alleging that the studio failed to protect staff from Harvey Weinstein. The film producer is facing […]
‘Not the right kind of Catholic’: Private schoolteacher fired days after same-sex wedding
Source: Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Moriah Balingit Jocelyn Morffi and Natasha Hass had booked the Key Largo Lighthouse estate for three days starting Feb. 2, turning their wedding day into […]
Muslims like me don’t have theological beef with evangelicals. It’s the prejudice against us that’s the problem.
Source: The Washington Post By Ismail Royer February 12 fa(iStock) Last month, my wife and I joined a small group of Muslims and thousands of Christians at the annual March for Life […]