Americas

Dreams of My Muslim Son

Source. NY Times. LONG before I came to the United States, I was fascinated by the American electoral process. I grew up in Pakistan in the 1980s, during the brutally repressive military dictatorship of President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, when fear crushed hope. Finding old copies of Time magazine in my […]

Take that, monogamy! We’re actually hard-wired for polygamy, which helps explain why so many cheat

Monogamy is mandated throughout the Western world, infidelity is universal. A leading biologist explains why David P. Barash Reprinted from “Out of Eden” Infants have their infancy, and adults? Adultery. Even though monogamy is mandated throughout the Western world, infidelity is universal. Revelations of marital infidelity occur regularly, often among […]

The Sanders phenomenon

May 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES There is a Sanders phenomenon. It is real, and the factors that have prompted its emergence need to addressed and understood. When this year’s presidential primary began, many dismissed the Democratic Party contest as a “done deal”. It was assumed that Hillary Clinton would be […]