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Where did he come from?
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In the ultimate feel-good finish, Michael Campbell, an unheralded New Zealander, picked off Tiger Woods in the US Open.
G-rated for gold mine?
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G-rated films are 11 times as profitable as R-rated films, but Hollywood makes 12 times as many R-rated films. What's going on?
Uncomfortable truths about Terri Schiavo
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An autopsy has confirmed that Terri Shiavo did have massive brain
damage. She was probably blind and unaware and could not eat or drink.
But what does this prove?
Calibrating happiness
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By 2020 depression will be the second-largest cause of disability in
the world for both men and women of all ages. So researchers are
beavering away on what makes us happy. Have they got it right?
Cuomo cuts through ethical knot with a committee
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Former New York governor Mario Cuomo has proposed that an expert
committee guide Congress in deciding whether human embryos are human
beings. We asked former researcher and medical ethicist Dianne Irving for her comments.
Making better people
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Want a smarter baby? A faster baby? A blonder baby? Prepared to pay for
it? You might be able to some day if transhumanists have their way.
Truth or consequences
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What philosophy can justify the abuse of enemy combatants in Guantanamo Bay? The same one which justifies stem cell research and euthanasia.
The crowded house of evolution
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What did Richard Dawkins, the world's foremost champion of Darwinism, mean by saying that he believed in evolution but could not prove it?
The thorny issue of politicians and conscience
Last year's presidential campaign saw many Catholic politicians
tiptoeing through a minefield of moral issues. Could it happen again?
Why should we bother to read foreign books?
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All those unspellable names and unpronounceable cities in Dostoy
what's-his-name -- why should we bother if he couldn't write in the
King's English?
Tolerance and her children
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Young Germans are using shock tactics to rattle the liberalism of their
parents, and sending a message about tolerance to the West.
The real success of Anne Bancroft
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What we should remember Anne Bancroft for is her visceral performance in
The Miracle Worker, not her role as a seductress in that ultimate 60s film,
The Graduate.
Debunking the flat earth theory
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The mediaevals didn’t believe in a flat earth; the Galileo affair was a
beat-up; and missionaries were great scientists. Any other questions
about the conflict between religion and science?
Colouring peace green
Our Nigerian correspondent reflects on the meaning of the Nobel Peace prize awarded to environmental activist Wangari Maathai.
In search of a scapegoat
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Was John Paul II responsible for the deaths of millions of African AIDS
victims because he refused to sanction the use of condoms?
