Opinion

Sunday 21/February/2016 15:21 PM

South Carolina puts history on Trump's side

South Carolina made Donald Trump the clear front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, revived Marco Rubio's campaign and sounded the death...

Sunday 21/February/2016 15:03 PM

The UK was never a real EU member anyway

One could argue -- and some, like UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, already do -- that the concessions British Prime Minister David Cameron...

Sunday 21/February/2016 14:46 PM

The inequality puzzle

Over the past decade, income inequality has come to be ranked alongside terrorism, climate change, pandemics, and economic stagnation as one of the most...

Saturday 20/February/2016 20:53 PM

Do Omani banks need to downsize?

Oman’s financial environment has for many years been dictated by five big financial institutions but they are currently facing a systemic risk of having...

Saturday 20/February/2016 15:39 PM

A Supreme Court fight is good For Democrats

President Barack Obama can make the fight over filling a Supreme Court vacancy a political winner for Democrats. The debate about what to do with the slot...

Saturday 20/February/2016 15:26 PM

Harper Lee created the greatest American hero

Some years ago, I added “To Kill a Mockingbird” to the syllabus of my course on Ethics in Literature. I teach in a law school, and the students in the...