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George Kennan: A Study of Character

Francis Phillips | 31 December 2007 | comment 5

This influential American diplomat possessed the best and finest traits of the American character.

The sublime message of Christmas

John Armstrong | 27 December 2007

The central idea of Christmas -- that God became man -- has had an enormous impact upon Western art.

The Homers got it right: a futuristic fantasy

Kevin Ryan | 21 December 2007 | comment 15

Who would revive society if everything collapsed? Homeschoolers, says a prominent educationalist. 

Nobel Lecture: On those who do not win prizes

Doris Lessing | 20 December 2007 | comment 9

Reading books used to be part of general education, says Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. Perhaps we need to learn that again -- from Africa.

The missing headline: ‘Unmarried birth rate rises’

Jennifer Roback Morse | 19 December 2007 | comment 9

Why did the media make a hullabaloo about a rise in the teen birth rate and ignore a much larger rise in births to unmarried mothers?

The myth of the ‘teenage brain’

Thomas Lickona | 17 December 2007 | comment 13

Is it true that your offspring will not be capable of a mature decision until he or she is 25?

Man and Woman God Made Them

Francis Phillips | 15 December 2007 | comment 4

A new edition of Jean Vanier's heartfelt reflection on long-lasting friendship with the mentally disabled is timely.

Message in a bottle to a weary world

Robert A. Gahl, Jr | 15 December 2007 | comment 15

The hope offered by Christianity can transform the world, says the Pope in his second encyclical letter.

Corporate apparatchiks

John Robertson | 14 December 2007 | comment 5

Forget about the free market. Today's executives maintain their outrageous salaries by strategies predicted by Karl Marx.

‘Tell us about love’

Carolyn Moynihan | 13 December 2007 | comment 9

A survey of young people in a developing country shows that it is not sex, but love they really care about.

Save the planet; tax babies

Michael Cook | 12 December 2007 | comment 21

A carbon tax on newborns to reduce human pollution? Now there's an idea for your Christmas stocking.

BACKGROUNDER: Character-based sex education

07 December 2007

Because we need good character to guide our sexual lives, sexuality education must be character education.

Character-based sex education

Thomas Lickona | 07 December 2007 | comment 9

Because we need good character to guide our sexual lives, sexuality education must be character education.

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

David Demers | 07 December 2007 | comment 1

Sidney Lumet's best film in 30 years will be an Oscar nominee, but it's morally shallow. 

Enchanted

Leticia Velasquez | 07 December 2007 | comment 4

Disney spoofs Disney in this delightful tale of fairy-tale romance in the mean streets of Manhattan. 

The Ethical Imagination

Michael Cook | 06 December 2007 | comment 21

A Canadian ethicist offers a fresh approach to defending human dignity.

Tough questions for Mitt Romney

Matthew Mehan | 06 December 2007 | comment 60

Can the presidential hopeful assure Americans that his position on fundamental issues will not change?

No Country for Old Men

William Park | 02 December 2007 | comment 5

Brilliant performances in a nihilistic film about the American Southwest. 

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