The Rise of Secular America
According to David Niose, the author of a newly released book entitled. The Nonbeliever Nation, something unprecedented has happened on the American political scene over
According to David Niose, the author of a newly released book entitled. The Nonbeliever Nation, something unprecedented has happened on the American political scene over
With the rise in conservatism and the likely success of Mitt Romney in the upcoming presidential election, there will be a renewed effort to beat
Believing in God/religion continues to survive despite steady improvement in human intelligence and the incessant challenges to faith presented by science and its unaccommodating new
Recent public opinion polls show that an overwhelming majority of Americans still believe in God and a universal spirit, almost nine out of ten people
The recent death of my oldest brother in Iran was an occasion that caused me to become reflective about my own eventual mortality. Death is
It may sound a bit unorthodox, but the intended purpose of this article is to examine whether or not the rule of economic rationality applies
America once took pride in calling itself and being known as the great “Melting Pot.” This seems no longer to be the case. As a
Would you be outraged if someone called you every once in a while and asked you if you were still alive? It is perfectly permissible
Scores of books have been written in response to the Great Recession of 2007, but none is more provocative than Suicide of a Superpower: Will
I have a few Islamic clerics, mullahs, on my list of Facebook friends. They are fun to be connected to. Physically, their distinguishing features are
Sadly, once in a while, , or a husband murdering his wife, which he suspected of adultery, in order to restore the so-called family honor.
I really miss many things about the hometown I left behind nearly 38 years ago when I decided to travel to America to pursue graduate
For a wandering mind like mine, sometimes concentration is the hardest thing to accomplish. However, when I started reading The Golden Cage, the latest book
An overwhelming majority of Americans think that polygamy is wrong, 91% according a recent poll published by U.S. News. If a similar survey were taken
Dear God, I used to read what is claimed to be your last holy book written in Arabic, the Quran, because Mullahs have told us,
I believe the worst case scenario for Egypt would be that it becomes another theocracy like Iran with an autocratic Islamic government. The Iranian revolution
Throw shoes at me if you want to, but I have to admit that if there is at least one thing that the IRI has
My children often remind me of how infatuated I am with my Iranianness and how obsessed I am with my cultural distinctiveness. Admittedly, we Iranians
The government of the IRI is phasing out its broad based subsidies and replacing them with cash payments of about $40 a month per eligible
As they say, the dumbest question you can ask is the one to which you know the answer. I posted this question purposefully to bring
Conceiving a baby with desired personality is not as difficult as you think. You can determine in advance how to conceive a perfect baby, just
With the exception of great recession, the US economy has not experienced a severe recession in its recorded economic history like the one that
The resurgence of conservative ideology over the past two years and especially following the recent election clearly signifies the voters’ dissatisfaction with the way things
When it comes to the US economy, there is no shortage of bad news; awkward economic realities are more numerous than we think. Despite all
In his new book entitled The Grand Design, Steven Hawking argues that the modern physics has progressed to the point where it “leaves no place