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Being Afraid of Death

The premature death of one of my former students, reminded me of my own eventual mortality. Death is the most mysterious, certain event (not counting

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Room for millions

My commentary entitled “Defying the Conventional Wisdom” which was published more than a month ago generated variety of remarks from the readers. They were informative

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Hazardous speech

In the age of traditional media, information used to be the property of professionals who could present their expert opinions and engage in face to

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Don’t worry (too much)

Dear Agha Mehrdad: I enjoyed reading your article, entitled “Boom and Bust”. Your analyses are valid and possess professional quality. I totally agree with your

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Modern maturity

I submitted and published my article “Defying conventional wisdom” to this medium a few days ago. In it, I discussed overcrowding in Tehran and how

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