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The Good News guy faces tough questions now

President Obama has chosen an evangelical Christian as the new head of the National Institutes of Health. He is coming under fire from both sides of the culture wars.


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Messing with Mother Nature

The human species is changing but we're stuck on polar bears



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A voice of conscience in the Kenyan media

Leading journalist Chaacha Mwita discusses the challenge of achieving citizen power in Kenya. 



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Against the odds

Diabetes is not a death sentence. A writer celebrates her 30th anniversary of being diabetic as a life affirming moment.



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The G8 remains relevant

The G8 isn't a global government, it's a voluntary club. Keep the doors to membership closed.



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Medicating our pleasure and pain

Can the drug problem be solved without curing the West’s insatiable appetite for a quick fix?



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Addiction at gun point

Almost forgotten now, the Chinese Opium Wars are a blot on the history of the West’s relationship with China.



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Reflections on the Revolution in France

Two centuries ago, France's experiment with expelling God and worshipping Reason ended in a sea of blood.



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“We are not counting beans; we are counting lives”

Transnational organized crime will never be stopped by drug legalization, says the czar of the UN's war on drugs.



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The discovery of the Uyghurs

Unrest in China’s western province of Xinjiang -- known to the Uyghurs as East Turkestan -- has focused the world’s attention on a comparatively neglected people.



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Boys will be… doofuses?

Educating boys has never been easy. Why have we made it hellishly hard?



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How God and Science Mix A counter argument that says God and science can mix. Part two of a debate that centres around the appointment of Francis Collins. | First Things

God and Science Don’t Mix A scientist can be a believer. But professionally, at least, he can't act like one. Part one of a debate over the appointment of Francis Collins. | The Wall Street Journal

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and a question of eugenics After the Supreme Court justice's recent comments, does she believe some populations are in need of shrinking through abortion? | Los Angeles Times

The Audacity of the Pope Ross Douhat says that as Democrats and Republicans battle to show the Pope is on their side, Benedict's latest encyclical issues a challenge to them both. | New York Times

When Newspapers Peddle Influence A revealing scandal at the Washington Post. | Wall Street Journal

The Uighurs’ cry has echoed round the world The deaths in northwest China are, sadly, the inevitable result of the repression of Turkic peoples over six decades | London Times

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