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Pope to wow them in distant aisles
Max Polak
| 26 August 2005 |
Successful World Youth Days in Cologne this year and
in Sydney in 2008 could signal a revival of Christian faith in the
listless West.
Why the UN banned human cloning
Earlier this year, Costa Rica was at the forefront of a campaign in the United Nations to ban both reproductive and therapeutic cloning. In this exclusive interview MercatorNet speaks to a diplomat who handled the negotiations.
Fighting AIDS by bolstering African families
Strengthening the family is the answer to many of Africa's ailments,
says Kenyan paediatrician, mother and award-winning novelist Margaret
Ogola.
Rediscovering the lost art of parenting
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Parenting is about more than just good behaviour, says Sydney
headmaster and author Andrew Mullins. It's about the hard slog of
teaching virtues.
The battle over the Crusades
The modern world would have been completely different without the Crusades, says historian Thomas Madden in a
MercatorNet interview.
How to fix binge drinkers - give them more booze
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The governments of Ireland and Britain are snatching at straws in their efforts to curb binge drinking by teenagers.
Sleep is for wimps ? or is it?
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The simple fact that most of us are sleep deprived could be the cause of much family tension and psychological angst.
Which is dumber, your horoscope or your lucky numbers?
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There are superstitions and there are superstitions. Some are marginally more sensible than others.
Rapping for life
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A hip-hop artist with a background in action-comedy films is causing a
stir with his song and video about a prenatal brush with abortion.
The death of Theory
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For 25 years or more, the humanities have been in thrall to post-modernist Theory. Now its empire seems to be breaking up.
Coping with affluenza
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Believe it or not, many people find that their joy-to-stuff ration is
much, much too low after they inherit their parents' estate.
Do shoot-to-kill orders make sense?
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British police killed an innocent man on a morning communter train,
thinking that he might have been a suicide bomber. It was a tragic and
unnecessary blunder.
Who’s in charge of violent video games?
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The designers of video games are often unscrupulous. Industry ratings
lack teeth. Governments feel it's all too hard. The last line of
defence is mom and dad.
Can the IRA break with its past?
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The IRA says that it has turned its back on bombs and guns. That's two steps forward, but be prepared for one step backwards.
