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Islam’s empire-building tradition
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The West cannot understand Islam without grasping its historic record of trying to conquer the world for Allah, argues an expert on Middle Eastern affairs.
Is same-sex marriage in the US running out of steam?
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In several states this month, courts handed down decisions which did not favour the cause of social reform. Is a judicial consensus emerging?
Vaccinating children against cervical cancer
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Preparing kids for love and marriage just got a lot more complicated.
Teaching adolescents fashion from the inside
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Developing an authentic personal style requires both self knowledge and the education of taste.
Taiwanese families face up to change
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Western values have been liberating for Taiwan but there is a downside to breaking with the past.
Commandante Ch?vez scrounges for friends
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Venezuela's president wants to spread a new "Bolivarian revolution" through Latin America, but the idea is unlikely to catch on.
The meaning of manliness
A Harvard philosopher dares to talk at length about a modern taboo.
Are Chinese doctors harvesting organs from Falun Gong prisoners?
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It's like a bad script from a B-grade movie -- thousands of prisoners wait around until a customer appears who wants their organs. Except that it might be true.
The world needs Superman
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When his old flame disses the Man of Steel and cynics jeer at his idealism, should he move on to other career opportunities?
Congress on sexuality education inspires optimism
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A recent gathering in Mexico breathed new life into a vexed issue.
The quest for proactive evolution
"Throw caution to the winds" is the motto of a technology-infatuated group which wants to improve the human race.
Dopey and dysfunctional, but not depraved
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How high are the standards of American television when
The Simpsons is a beacon of moral rectitude for channel surfers?
Latin makes a comeback
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How a 'dead' language escaped the clutches of the gerund grinders and got a life on the internet.
Merging man and machine
“Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.” Discuss and give examples from the theories of Ray Kurzweil.
The MercatorNet IdeaFest Burying multiculturalism
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Experience around the world shows that building societies upon post-modern tolerance instead of old-fashioned respect just doesn't work.
