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MercatorNet’s pick of 2005
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Since our launch last May,
MercatorNet has published an amazing range of reading. Here are a dozen of our readers' favourites in 2005.
International adoptions: the role of the media
In adoptions, as in the rest of life, mistakes and even disasters happen, but this is a field in which the media should be especially careful not to sensationalise. The happiness of tens of thousands of children and would-parents is at stake.
What happens to kids who do drugs when they?re old codgers?
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New Year celebrations are often a time for recreation drug use. It’s not a good idea, says Britain’s foremost expert on the medical effects of illegal drugs, Professor John Henry.
Drunken Santas in a stem cell sleigh
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Australia could have the world’s most liberal regulation of embryo
research if the recommendations of a government committee are adopted.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, too, just to cover the bases
Can the West celebrate Christmas without offending its non-Christian minorities, or do we have to settle for mere holiday spirit? And what will happen if we do?
It�s a Wiki world out there
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A defamatory entry in the on-line encyclopaedia
Wikipedia has put one of the internet’s great success stories under the spotlight.
Hark, the age-old carols sing
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Singing Christmas carols is an indispensable part of our heritage.
UK to shake up retirement scheme
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The British are living longer and having fewer children. How are they going to cover the cost of caring for their elderly? A new report outlines the options.
My grandma would trash this Marxist rubbish
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Publishers keep churning out how-to-find-a-guy guides for young women. Why haven't they asked my grandmother to write one?
The ultimate free market: selling herself
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Can there be anything wrong with transactions made between consenting adults, no matter how degrading?
MercatorNet investigates arguments for legalised prostitution.
To clone or not to clone
Whether or not embryos should be cloned and then destroyed for their stem cells has been one of the hottest issues in science this year. James Sherley, a professor at MIT, says that the use of cells from cloned embryos is scientifically and ethically dubious.
Manga mania
The Japanese have invented a unique genre of comic books for all ages
and tastes -- and they are flying off the shelves even in the US.
The $100 laptop
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The IT world is abuzz with excitement about a project to hook up
millions of children in poor countries to the internet. Have all the
bases been covered?
