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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...

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...

The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North Africa. Having seen severe price declines in the past, many leaders in...

If an entire country had a current relationship status — like the one on Facebook — it would likely be: In love with PSL. The colourful scheme of things...

The past is neither your friend nor an enemy. I heard the phrase when I was a child. I never understood its meaning until years later. Somehow, it found a...

Already a winner back in 2012 at Green Mountain, Vincenzo Nibali made the best of the decisive climb, beating Romain Bardet and Jakob Fuglsang. While former...

The late US Justice Antonin Scalia argued last year that there was something wrong with having a Supreme Court composed entirely of people who had studied...

Ukraine is proving itself a nation prone to popular revolt and immune to revolution. For evidence, see Tuesday's political drama, when a government and...

Muscat: Glimpses from the ‘Glance on Oman Modern March Exhibiton 2016’, where pictures of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, were displayed.

I recently had an e-mail exchange with a reader who was sharply critical of a mainstream presidential candidate. I asked her about her political...