First read this. Then read this. Then read this. And then read this… دعا مدير الأمن العام الفريق الركن محمد ماجد العيطان وسائل الإعلام الى التصدي لكل من يتهم الأردن بانتهاك حقوق الأنسان، مشيرا الى أن الإعلام هو السلاح الذي يتم من خلاله النهوض بكافة المجالات الاجتماعية والسياسية والاقتصادية، اضافة إلى توعية المواطنين في مجالات [...]

Last Thursday night ended unusually short after driving around with friends in search of something to do and ending up drinking orange juice in the lobby of the Sheraton hotel, where we played mind games and solved riddles. So at around 1am Friday morning, I decided to end the night by going down to the [...]

I was reading Tololy’s post on the government’s decision to tax cell phone users 1JD to go towards public universities. And while to a single consumer this may not seem like much to part with, it does add up and the question that emerges is obvious: why? Why should we continue to be taxed on [...]

“Not all evolution mandates revolution.” – Leo McGarry

“We celebrate the blogosphere because it embraces frank and open conversation. But frankness does not have to mean lack of civility.” – The opening lines of a draft ‘blogging code of conduct’ written by Tim O’Reilly. The draft says people should not be allowed to leave anonymous comments. Blogs which are open and uncensored should [...]

Man handed prison term for molesting his daughters By Rana Husseini AMMAN — The Criminal Court has sentenced a 50-year-old Arab national to nine years and eight months in prison after convicting him of molesting his two daughters for the past 14 years. The defendant, who was arrested in January 2006, was convicted of molesting [...]

Father charged with premeditated murder of his daughter By Rana Husseini AMMAN — The criminal prosecutor on Monday charged a 68-year-old father with the premeditated murder of his daughter for reasons the suspect claimed were related to family honour, official sources said. The 26-year-old victim, who was not identified by officials, was shot six times [...]

So I wanted to introduce a new question for the poll over there on the sidebar and it’s a somewhat important question to be asking in the local political climate that’s approaching this year. But I also wanted to take the chance to quickly review a few of the previous questions I posted in the [...]