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The Death of Captain Cook

Francis Phillips | 31 October 2008 |
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The famed explorer ended his days in a violent scuffle in the surf of a Hawaiian beach. Was he an imperial hero or a ruthless colonialist? 


The rights and wrongs of privacy

Janet E Smith | 31 October 2008 |
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How did ‘privacy’ come to cover a multitude of sins? A philosopher explains.


Has the time come to dump free markets?

Oskari Juurikkala | 30 October 2008 |
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It's tempting to blame the current financial crisis on the free market economy. But it's wrong. 


Horrors, it’s Halloween again

Luisa Cotta Ramosino | 30 October 2008 |
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Be afraid. Be very afraid. It could be good for you.


Political science: voting by neurons

Denyse O'Leary | 29 October 2008 |
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Casting your ballot comes down to your brain going ‘ding, ding, ding - this person is just like me’, according to junk science.


The return of the nation-state

George Friedman | 29 October 2008 |
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Recent events show that in times of crisis, multilateralism runs second-best. 


Advances in stem cell research

Derek Miedema | 28 October 2008 |
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Is choosing between good science and good ethics a thing of the past?


Barack Obama, meet Mr Jackson

John Robson | 24 October 2008 |
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The real challenge for Barack Obama no longer seems to be winning the election, but ensuring those middle Americans that will assure his win, stay onside.


Political science: the messy room

Denyse O'Leary | 24 October 2008 |
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Junk science about voting is floating around and you might bump into some this election.


Don’t expand NATO

Benjamin H. Friedman and Justin Logan | 24 October 2008 |
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  US President George W. Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper are pushing NATO to accept Georgia and Ukraine as members. Two CATO Institute scholars say that is a bad idea.


Not your father’s Levi’s

Barbara Lilley | 23 October 2008 |
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The world jean giant is hardly alone but Levi Strauss is leading the charge in a new raunchy ad campaign that goes one step beyond.


Freedom is a no-brainer

Andrew Mullins | 23 October 2008 |
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Modern science has made great strides in knowledge of the brain. But our brains are not us.


The Filipino front in the culture wars

Rosa Linda Valenzona | 21 October 2008 |
tags: abortion, conscience, conscientious objection, Philippines
The heavyweights of the global reproductive health agenda are making an all-out bid to displace the church as the conscience of the Philippines.


Permissive laws, permissive behaviour

Trayce L. Hansen Ph.D. | 21 October 2008 |
tags: homosexuality, same-sex marriage
The research shows that legalising same-sex marriage will increase prevalence of homosexuality, says a psychologist


Towards World Economy 2.0

George Friedman and Peter Zeihan | 21 October 2008 |
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Americans are sure to resist a European call to defer to an international economic bureaucracy in December's global summit. 


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