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Fatherhood means promises to keep

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 October 2006

If a 200-page how-to book on fatherhood is not your thing, try 200 bite-sized promises - one at a time.

A culture clash over modest dress

Carolyn Moynihan | 29 October 2006

An Australian mufti made headlines around the world this week with inflammatory comments on women's fashions. Boil away the rhetoric and there's a solid lesson to be learned.

Darwinian Fairytales

James Franklin | 25 October 2006

An Australian philosopher ruthlessly dissects the logic of Darwin and his followers.

Schools withhold sad facts about homosexual lifestyle

Rick Fitzgibbons | 25 October 2006 | comment 15

Teachers are being irresponsible when they teach that homosexuality is a healthy lifestyle.

Marriage: still in demand

Jennifer Roback Morse | 23 October 2006

For the first time married couples are a minority of all American households.

The Mission Song

Martyn Drakard | 20 October 2006

Master thriller writer John le Carré has notched up another winner, but his portrayal of Africa's people is flawed.

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Let’s beat the Dolly syndrome

Rachael Patterson | 20 October 2006

Teen magazines continue to propagate a damaging message to girls about their abilities and self-worth.

Conversing with Islam

Martyn Drakard | 20 October 2006

There are potholes of misunderstanding on both sides of the road to dialogue with Muslims, as this conversation with a Kenyan student makes clear.

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Audrey Hepburn, where are you in our hour of need?

Guiomar Barbi | 20 October 2006 | comment 2

There's nothing like a weekend in Miami to remind you that most bodies look better in clothes.

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Real women wear size 46 - and smile

Adela Lo Celso and Alegria Duran-Ballen | 19 October 2006

The advertising industry is waking up to the fact that women don't want to look like the waifs and sirens of the magazines.

Silence

Frank Brennan | 19 October 2006 | comment 1

A specialist in palliative care remembers a poignant moment in his professional work.

A hard cell on TV

Michael Cook | 18 October 2006

Using TV ads to present the truth about embryo research is an uphill slog.

All The King’s Men gets lost in translation

O'Bannon Cook | 16 October 2006

Great actors, great story, great cinematography. Pity about the film.

Remembering a poet of commitment

Michael Cook | 15 October 2006 | comment 1

Thirty years after James McAuley's death, his verse has lost none of its brilliance.

Wringing a continent dry to put a ring on her finger

Martyn Drakard | 14 October 2006

Diamonds may be a Western girl's best friend, but they bring untold misery to Africa.

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