Recent Times Articles

Come the Revolution
May 15, 2012
Through ventures like Coursera, world-class learning is coming at bargain-basement prices.
This Column Is Not Sponsored by Anyone
May 12, 2012
Politics may have America divided, but markets do, too, especially in a society where everything is up for sale.
Jobs@Arabia.com
May 9, 2012
A plan is taking hold for entrepreneurs, not government, to lead the way in creating new businesses in Jordan.
Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way
May 6, 2012
In the awakening Arab world, who is going to step up and speak the truth?
Tanks, Jets or Scholarships?
May 2, 2012
Let’s stop sending planes and tanks to the Arab world and start sending scholarships instead. Just look at the difference it’s making in Lebanon.
Words of the Prophets
April 29, 2012
There is a highly revealing graffiti war going on in the streets of Beirut that’s sending interesting messages to Assad and Nasrallah.
Defendant No. 34 Has Her Say
April 25, 2012
Nancy Okail, an Egyptian woman facing prosecution in Cairo, is deeply worried that the United States will forget about the Egyptian democracy workers.
Down With Everything
April 22, 2012
Has America gone from a system designed to prevent anyone in government from amassing too much power to a system in which no one can get enough power to do anything?

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