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An education in life
by Jennie S. Bev In Indonesia, I went to a top-tier high school in Jakarta and the best university in...
When a fatwa is not necessarily a “fatwa”
by Jennie S. Bev In five short years, Facebook’s members have reached 200 million worldwide. If it were a country, it...
A call to arms against bigotry and the politics of amnesia
by Jennie S. Bev As part of international efforts to commemorate the Rwandan genocide, a New York-based group...
On the carpenter and resurrection
by Jennie S. Bev Two millennia ago, a simple man from Nazareth made his debut in the world of politics and religion by...
In search of radical public intellectuals
by Jennie S. Bev Contrary to popular belief, academics are intellectuals but not all intellectuals are academics....
Measuring progress amid the patriarchies
by Jennie S. Bev Adam Smith hypothesized that people are inherently greedy, and that’s what it takes to run the engine...
The marriage of politics and economics
by Jennie S. Bev Politics and economics make an incredibly sexy partnership. Their erotic affair is based on...
Fight for equality is still far from over
by Jennie S. Bev An Athenian tragedian Euripides (480 BC-406 BC) said, “Equality will never be found among humans.”...
Decline of pluralism, a cause for concern?
by Jennie S. Bev Indonesia is a pluralistic country, and it shows how people of different religions and ethnic groups...
This election, a little Socrates for debate
by Jennie S. Bev Prior to Socrates (469-399 BC), there were the Monists and the Sophists. While the Monists subscribed...
Martin Luther King, jr lives on with new White House
by Jennie S. Bev On Jan. 19, 2009, Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 80 years old. His hair would have been all...