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Abstinence education: are we asking the right questions?

Jokin de Irala | 22 August 2007 | comment 4

Research findings seem to show that abstinence only education "doesn't work". Surely that means we have to make it better, not just give up.



Canada ponders polygamy

Margaret Somerville | 20 August 2007 | comment 35

Now that same-sex marriage has been legalised, it seems inconsistent to prosecute Canada's polygamists.



Is inter-faith dialogue faltering?

Andrew Byrne | 20 August 2007 | comment 27

The culture wars are bad enough. Now the Vatican says that Protestant churches aren't real churches. What's going on?



Do science and rationality support atheism?

Edward Remler | 18 August 2007 | comment 78

No, says a nuclear physicist. To understand why, you must be prepared to face the Fundamental Question of Philosophy: Why is there anything rather than nothing?



Focus on media: Magazines faking the feminine

Selena Ewing | 17 August 2007 | comment 4

A report being launched in Australia this weekend aims to open the eyes of young women to what Cosmo culture is all about.



Focus on media: ad-proofing your kids

Tania Andrusiak | 17 August 2007 | comment 4

When the school photographer offers to touch up your child's picture she could always say, 'No thanks'.



Focus on media: A toxic culture for girls

Melinda Tankard Reist | 17 August 2007 | comment 12

The shameless exploitation of little girls by commercial interests is poisoning a generation.



The woman from Meath

Frank Brennan | 16 August 2007 | comment 12

A palliative care physician remembers a moment of love.



Playing catch-up with scientific change

Stephen Buckle | 16 August 2007 | comment 3

One of the great cliches of modern journalism is that technology is racing far ahead of morals. A very convenient excuse, says a philosopher.



It’s not just a game

Melanie Killen | 10 August 2007 | comment 9

Videogames can have serious consequences so parents need to find out exactly what is in them.



Why some Africans fear Western medicine

Martyn Drakard | 10 August 2007 | comment 5

There may not be a conspiracy to sterilise them with modern drugs, but some Africans think there is. 



Debunking Harry Potter

Carolyn Moynihan | 10 August 2007 | comment 14

Is it books the Potter fans have fallen in love with, or is it just a bit of passing magic?



Should we create a market for making children?

Margaret Somerville | 10 August 2007 | comment 5

Powerful groups are lobbying to commercialise the fertility industry in Canada. They should be resisted.



Clutching at straws to reverse the birth dearth

Michael Cook | 04 August 2007 | comment 11

Subsidies don't work. Speed dating doesn't work. What about IVF?



No way to raise a boy

Kevin Ryan | 03 August 2007 | comment 24

Do boys have to be bored, fat and dumber than their sisters?



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