Opinion

Saturday 09/January/2016 15:19 PM

In celebration of the four new elements

On December 30, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced that four new elements are being added to the periodic table. The group had...

Saturday 09/January/2016 15:06 PM

Obama's town hall on gun policy was a misfire

President Barack Obama's CNN town hall on guns was a muddle. Still, it was an interesting and, for the president, potentially educational one. Obama...

Saturday 09/January/2016 14:38 PM

Taming India’s elite

It has been more than a year and a half since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power on a promise to build a new India, one founded on a radical...

Friday 08/January/2016 15:04 PM

The global monetary non-system

As 2015 ended, the world boasted few areas of robust growth. At a time when both developed and emerging-market countries need rapid growth to maintain...

Friday 08/January/2016 14:41 PM

Writing longer tweets won't debase art form

Twitter's founder Jack Dorsey has taken a lot of flak for tweetingon Wednesday that the company might abandon its 140-character-per-post limit. Many see...

Thursday 07/January/2016 11:07 AM

So to speak: The café culture

One evening last week, I was sitting in a café at the Wave Muscat and watched people. I had my eyes on a red Ferrari that cruised past. But I was not the...