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Is it a pig or a mouse pig?

Brian Lilley — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:17:45 GMT

Does the public have the right to know about genetically modified meat? Read more...

Greeks resigned to tightening belts

Daniel Proussalidis — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:46:01 GMT

"Either we eradicate the debt, or the debt will eliminate the country," says the Prime Minister. Read more...

Some bright ideas just don’t work

Thomas C. Reeves — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:04:37 GMT

The contribution of atheism to the sum of the world’s happiness has been very meagre indeed. Read more...

The gathering storm

Michael Cook — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:00:01 GMT

The scandal of sexual abuse by priests in Europe is distracting us from an even bigger scandal in the future, one which the media helped to create. Read more...

Lessons from the twilight days of the liberal consensus

Godfrey Hodgson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:51:26 GMT

An inspiring candidate has become a failing president. But a comparison with Lyndon B Johnson shows that the reasons for this outcome are more than personal. Read more...

The English Marriage

Francis Phillips — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:25:54 GMT

A spirited gallop through several hundred years of love, money and adultery. Read more...

Never waste a good crisis

Peter Ziehan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:52:54 GMT

The economic woes of Greece and other spendthrift countries have given Germany greater power in the EU. Read more...

Bloodbath or bad blood?

Nwachukwu Egbunike — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:00:04 GMT

Terrifying massacres in Nigeria are not a sign of a clash between the Christian and Muslim worlds. Read more...

Facing up to grown-up responsibilities

Alex Perrottet — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:35:51 GMT

Facebook has 400 million users. How responsible is it for the behaviour of its growing number of vandals and thugs? Read more...

A crime, a jury, a trial and Facebook

Sujata Saha — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:09:13 GMT

How a law student used Facebook to educate her friends about abortion. Read more...

Dignity offered up on the altar of technology

Brian Lilley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:08:42 GMT

Full body scanners take away privacy, modesty and dignity. Do we have blind faith in technology? Read more...

Riled by the R-word

Barbara Kay — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:38:08 GMT

Disabled people need all the support we can give them. They don't need ideologues who teach that disability is a social construct. Read more...

Flat tires, diapers and school reform

Kevin Ryan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:44:14 GMT

Are federally mandated accountability and school choice going to join other attempts to change US schools in the junkyard of great ideas? Read more...

Swiss animals are in the catbird seat. How about the kids?

Clara Balestra — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:58:04 GMT

Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to give animals a public defender. But children are still not adequately protected. Read more...

Women’s dignity: attending to the person

Carolyn Moynihan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:29:19 GMT

In the information age a new generation of women awaits formation in the feminine powers of attention to the other and care for them. The third and last part of a symposium on improving the status of women by 2020. Read more...

Assessing JFK’s legacy to American Christians

Charles J. Chaput — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:18:48 GMT

Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy gave an important speech about the role of Christians in public life. A Catholic Archbishop says that the damage he did was profound. Read more...

Why my 50,000 videogames are the art form of the future

Paco Ruiz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:50:40 GMT

Far from endangering the soul, immersion in the world of avatars can give us a glimpse of lost innocence. Read more...

After the quake, Chile shows its strengths

Pedro Dutour — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:45:23 GMT

In Latin American terms, it couldn't have happened to a better country. Read more...

Women’s dignity: reclaiming the feminine genius

Carolyn Moynihan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:25:58 GMT

Putting a stop to sexual objectification, exploring intrinsic feminine gifts - these and other ideas are on the agenda in Part 2 of a symposium on improving the status of women by 2020. Read more...

Daring scheme for raising Korean births

Anna Choi — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:18:04 GMT

Unless Koreans have more kids, their nation could disappear. A dynamic gynaecologist has a plan to reverse the trend by applying the existing laws on abortion. Read more...

Too much, too soon

Joanna Bogle — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:53:47 GMT

As possibly one of its last acts as government, British Labour bids to make sex education compulsory. Read more...

Thinking about the unthinkable: a US deal with Iran

George Friedman — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:42:17 GMT

Tied down in Iraq and Afghanistan, what other realistic options does the US have? Read more...

Getting the facts right about euthanasia

Margaret Somerville — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:49:27 GMT

How can Quebec doctors ask for the legalisation of euthanasia? They don't even know what it is. Read more...

Wisdom from your local zoo

Denyse O'Leary — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:44:35 GMT

Updating Dear Abby and Ann Landers, a British newspaper has engaged an evolutionary agony aunt. Read more...

Lenten fast or forced abstinence

Brian Lilley — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:19:02 GMT

Self-sacrifice may be good for the soul but should it be imposed upon us? Read more...

The future church - possibly

Martin Barillas — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:32:40 GMT

An American journalist exercises his prophetic powers concerning trends in the Catholic Church. Read more...

The stamp of intolerance: atheists v Mother Teresa

Colleen Carroll Campbell — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:14:59 GMT

A silly campaign also demonstrates the inroads of anti-religious sentiment into American society. Read more...

Women’s dignity: the forgotten agenda

Carolyn Moynihan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:22:42 GMT

Can we judge the status of a woman by her paypacket? Have women arrived when they have half the seats in the legislature and their husbands do half the chores at home? Part I of a symposium on improving the status of women by 2020. Read more...

The disappearing disabled

Mark Mostert — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:21:12 GMT

Dread genetic diseases are disappearing -- because parents and doctors are eliminating the children who have them. Read more...

Quiet as a basic human right

Thomas C. Reeves — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:24:52 GMT

Silence is the enemy of everything superficial, stupid, and ugly. Read more...

When China rules the world? Sorry, not likely

Kim R. Holmes — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:01:47 GMT

China's perceived rise to superpower likely won't happen. It takes a democracy to lead the world. Read more...

Should we clone Neanderthals?

Michael Cook — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:24:23 GMT

Forget the jokes. A Harvard professor is serious. Read more...

Islam’s European Reformation?

Christian C. Sahner — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:51:49 GMT

The controversial Tariq Ramadan’s latest book promotes a “Western” version of Islam. Is he the “Muslim Martin Luther”? Read more...

Religious repression meets living faith

Carolyn Moynihan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:38:42 GMT

A report shows that more than two-thirds of the world's people live under highly restrictive regimes. But faith can still find ways to act. Read more...

“There will be casualties”

Michael Cook — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:37:37 GMT

Euthanasia activists in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands have lost touch with reality. Read more...

The shocking truth about love

Pauline Cooper-Ioelu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:15:50 GMT

Valentine romanticism passes but true love can still be found - sometimes when you are not even looking for it. Read more...

Ruin and reform

Godfrey Hodgson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:26:04 GMT

The Supreme Court has just made even harder the effort to limit the degradation of American politics by money. Read more...

Why British children are sad

Joanna Bogle — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:29:42 GMT

And why 'happiness classes' in schools won't help them cheer up. Read more...

Winter games maybe, Olympics they are not

Michael Coren — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:55:17 GMT

A true Olympic sport draws the best from around the world, not just rich kids from places with too much snow. Read more...

Games of inspiration

Brian Lilley — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:24:26 GMT

The speed, the grace, the wonder of the Olympics comes alive in Vancouver. Read more...

Let’s move the obesity focus

Mariette Ulrich — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:09:24 GMT

To wipe out childhood obesity in one generation Michelle Obama will have to focus on the people who can make a difference – parents. Read more...

The perils of dishonest science

Margaret Somerville — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:19:30 GMT

A controversial article linking autism with vaccinations continues to do immense damage. Read more...

How has Mexico become a same-sex marriage pioneer?

Francisco García Pimentel Ruiz — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:44:32 GMT

On March 4, the nation's capital reaches an historic milestone. Read more...

Hold the fort on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Robert R. Reilly — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:29:41 GMT

Military readiness is not the objective of having openly gay soldiers in the US armed services. Read more...

Pirates of necessity

Martyn Drakard — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:29:35 GMT

Somali pirates seem closer to Al Qaeda than Jack Sparrow, but some of them are just out of work fishermen. Read more...

Bias from the bench

Brian S Brown — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:28:18 GMT

Proposition 8 appeal judge Vaughn Walker seems to have had one goal: to generate sympathy for gay marriage supporters. Read more...

A geek with cheek

Vincenzina Santoro — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:00:45 GMT

What right has Bill Gates to dress down Italy and its prime minister? Read more...

Germany’s awful choice

Marko Papic and Peter Zeihan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:37:38 GMT

In the not too distant future, Greece will probably default on its national debt. How will the EU's most powerful economy react? Read more...

Citizens United and the problem of modern judicial activism

Carson Holloway — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:32:01 GMT

Why the concept of “strict scrutiny” is alien to the Constitution and why it poses a threat to a constitutionally defensible judicial review. Read more...

Super Bowl battle: abortion, a pro, and a choice

Sheila Liaugminas — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:37:30 GMT

Controversy over an ad for the big event makes you wonder what some folks mean by 'choice'. Read more...