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Martin Fitzgerald | 17 December 2004 | 1

Do Osama bin Laden and his murderous associates speak for all Muslims? Or are there many voices of Islam?

Lewis Lebaron | 17 December 2004 | 1

Film reviews on the internet are a godsend for parents who want to know what their children will be watching.

Michael Cook | 17 December 2004

Santa came early for good little girls and boys in the Netherlands, bringing the gift of involuntary euthanasia for children under 12.

Michael Cook | 17 December 2004

The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, is a controversial figure in Australia. But he has won the respect of the media with his straightforward manner and the strength of his intellect. He recently published a stimulating article on the future of democracy in one of Australia's leading journals, Quadrant. MercatorNet caught up with him not long after he returned from an interfaith conference in Indonesia sponsored by the Australian Government.

Christopher Martin | 17 December 2004

We've seen both over these last few months, but it isn't just that. The real similarity is that both are using their professional skills in an unprofessional way - but what does this mean?

Social Action | 17 December 2004

How will we cope with an ageing society if our common ideal has been individual self-fulfillment? The Social Action research service reports.

Eugene Ohu | 10 December 2004

Hundreds of people in the Ivory Coast have died, foreign residents have fled and its economy is in tatters. An apparently senseless civil war has pitted North against South, natives against migrants, Christians against Muslims. Why?

Christopher Martin | 10 December 2004

Experts often defend "art" that is offensive to ordinary mortals on the ground that cultural expression can do no harm. If that is true then it cannot do any good either, and is worthless.

Carolyn Moynihan | 10 December 2004

In May this year a New Zealand man smothered his five-month-old daughter after she was diagnosed with lissencephalus, meaning her brain was profoundly under-developed and she would never walk or talk. Recently it took a jury only 47 minutes to find the father not guilty of any crime - a verdict that has made the position of disabled infants suddenly more precarious. Carolyn Moynihan spoke with a woman who deplores this turn of events and appeals for more understanding of disabled people and their families.

Miguel Angel Garrido | 10 December 2004

One of the most famous academic voices of the twentieth century has been silenced by the common lot of all men.

Michael Cook | 10 December 2004

All over the world governments are staking the future of their economies on biotechnology, especially stem cell research. Have they been sold a pig in a poke?

Andrew Mullins | 03 December 2004

The Roman Forum never bustled with Fathers' Day shoppers since dies patrum had not yet been invented. But, make no mistake, fatherhood was appreciated two thousand years ago. If Greek and Roman literature is any indication, many ancient writers regarded it as a great privilege to raise children, and they were not short on parenting know-how.

Michael Cook | 03 December 2004

It was hard to miss World AIDS Day this week. If you weren't approached to buy a red ribbon on the sidewalk, the plight of AIDS sufferers around the globe leapt out of television screens and newspapers.

Louise Stebbins | 03 December 2004 | 1

Something is going on in the United States world of fashion. From Seattle to the Big Apple and down to Florida, a rebellion is brewing.

Social Action | 03 December 2004

Why do couples live together (cohabitation), instead of marrying? There seems to be a variety of reasons. For some, it is a rebellious choice against rules and traditional family forms, a statement in favour of freedom and independence. For others, seeing the ruins of other marriages, perhaps including those of their parents, there is an element of resignation: long term commitments seem to be just too difficult. But for many, now that the taboos against cohabitation have been lifted, living together is just something that you drift into. It seems the best choice available at the time, although the couple may concede it is far from ideal.

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