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Women’s fashion

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 November 2005

The way we dress – and in particular the way women dress – is a sign of who we are and how we wish to act in the world. It is vital that we get this language right, says Carolyn Moynihan.

Cloning pioneer hits the wall

Michael Cook | 30 November 2005

A Korean national hero has confessed that he told lies about his research about cloning human embryos. Will his colleagues 'fess up, too?

Critiquing consumerism

Rafael Serrano | 29 November 2005

British philosopher John Haldane thinks that religion has a bad PR problem and that people with deep religious convictions need to freshen up their image.

A tale of two weddings

Carolyn Moynihan | 27 November 2005

Two women marry. One becomes a princess and the other becomes a commoner, but both seem to be richer where it counts.

Children of divorce

Gerald Mercer | 27 November 2005

A generation ago, large-scale divorce began in America. Now the children of these unhappy couples are adults. How has their parents' divorce marked their lives?

Is intelligent design really science?

Michael Cook | 23 November 2005

Is intelligent design really science? Or is it a kind of disguised creationism? MercatorNet interviews a philosopher who has been tracking the debate.

Peter Drucker (1909-2005)

Guido Stein | 19 November 2005

After Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Drucker, who died this week, was probably the best-known Austrian in the English-speaking world. An expert on his work explains why he has been so influential.

Who cares? The crisis facing an ageing society

Carolyn Moynihan | 19 November 2005

When the baby boom generation embraced birth control they forgot to ask who would support them and look after them in their old, old age.

Private vices, public vices

Alejo Sison | 19 November 2005

New Jersey voters overlooked the messy marriage breakup of Senator Jon Corzine and elected him governor anyway. An expert in business ethics asks what lessons can be drawn from this.

900 years of Russian masterpieces

Sarah Phelps Smith | 18 November 2005

The Guggenheim's bold survey of the progress of the art of Russia offers stunning insights into its culture from early icons to the avant-garde.

Good Night, and Good Luck

William Park | 15 November 2005

It's hard to talk about the era of Senator Joe McCarthy without lapsing into paranoia. But actor-director George Clooney succeeds in this drama about anchor man Edward R. Murrow.

Dressing up old ideas in post-modern clothes

Christopher Martin | 12 November 2005

Post-modern literary theory is touted as the latest and greatest, but it is actually based on an old-fashioned approach to how we know things.

Is English law incoherent about life?

William Keenan | 12 November 2005

A series of decisions about English law in right-to-life cases over the last 15 years threatens the traditional view of the sanctity of life.

Earthly Powers

Francis Phillips | 12 November 2005

Ever since the French Revolution, governments have tried to banish religion from politics by creating political religions, argues a British historian.

Development requires virtue, says Nobel Peace Prize winner

Alistair Gould | 12 November 2005 | comment 1

MercatorNet interviews 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement.

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