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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 18:53 PM

2016 Tour of Oman fifth stage action

Boasson Hagen managed to remain in the group of favourites that only just caught the breakaway riders with two kilometres to go, and powered to the line,...

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...