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Islam’s empire-building tradition

Francis Phillips | 31 July 2006 |

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?

Dwight Duncan | 29 July 2006 |

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

Carolyn Moynihan | 28 July 2006 |

Preparing kids for love and marriage just got a lot more complicated.



Teaching adolescents fashion from the inside

Adela Lo Celso and Alegria Duran-Ballen | 26 July 2006 |

Developing an authentic personal style requires both self knowledge and the education of taste.



Taiwanese families face up to change

Taijing Wu | 22 July 2006 |

Western values have been liberating for Taiwan but there is a downside to breaking with the past.



Commandante Chvez scrounges for friends

Pedro Dutour | 21 July 2006 |

Venezuela's president wants to spread a new "Bolivarian revolution" through Latin America,  but the idea is unlikely to catch on.



Are Chinese doctors harvesting organs from Falun Gong prisoners?

Michael Cook | 13 July 2006 |

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

Guiomar Barbi | 13 July 2006 |

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

William B Ongsitco | 12 July 2006 |

A recent gathering in Mexico breathed new life into a vexed issue.



FOCUS ON TRANSHUMANISM
The quest for proactive evolution

Jerry Salyer | 08 July 2006 |

"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

Eugene Naughton | 08 July 2006 |

How high are the standards of American television when The Simpsons is a beacon of moral rectitude for channel surfers?



Latin makes a comeback

Silvio Borusso | 08 July 2006 |

How a 'dead' language escaped the clutches of the gerund grinders and got a life on the internet.



FOCUS ON TRANSHUMANISM
Merging man and machine

Bob Moniot | 07 July 2006 |

“Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.” Discuss and give examples from the theories of Ray Kurzweil.



The MercatorNet IdeaFest Burying multiculturalism

Seamus Grimes | 07 July 2006 |

Experience around the world shows that building societies upon post-modern tolerance instead of old-fashioned respect just doesn't work.



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