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A victory for free speech that is no victory at all

Brian Lilley | 18 October 2008 |
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Being cleared by a government body is no victory for journalists or citizens concerned with free speech

Real Education

Francis Phillips | 17 October 2008 |
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A famous contrarian insists that children differ in ability and that their education should recognise this.

Respect for conscience must be a social value

Margaret Somerville | 17 October 2008 |
tags: abortion, Canada, conscience, conscientious objection
In mature Western democracies we have competing societal values, with abortion at the eye of the storm.

A crypto culture of life director?

Matthew Mehan | 17 October 2008 |
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M. Night Shyamalan’s film The Happening was panned by critics who failed to grasp his insightful critique of the culture of death.

Forcing compliance

Michael Cook | 16 October 2008 |
tags: abortion, conscience, Victoria
The Australian state of Victoria has a world first: a law which forces doctors to refer women for abortion or to do it themselves -- even if they have a conscientious objection.


Doctors’ orders

Michael A. Fragoso | 15 October 2008 |
tags: abortion, conscience
Attacks on conscientious objection are part of an international campaign to make abortion a basic human right.

From House to Home: Bringing work home

Charles Handy | 15 October 2008 |
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Changes in the world of work can help reshape the home and make it an ideal school of life.

From House to Home: Family photos

Elizabeth Handy | 14 October 2008 |
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A picture is worth a thousand words - in this case on the subject of what makes a house into a home.

States, economies and markets: redefining the rules

George Friedman | 14 October 2008 |
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The finance ministers of the big economies have decided to make the pig fly. But there remains the small matter of how to build a flying pig.


Hunger for beauty

Alice Ramos | 14 October 2008 |
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Enough of 'art for art's sake'. Let's have some art for the sake of humanity, truth and goodness.

Is capitalism dead or just flat-lining?

Alistair Nicholas | 12 October 2008 |
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The world financial crisis shows that a system built on greed cannot work. 

Unlocking the secrets of the universe with the humble Higgs boson

Mark Wyman | 10 October 2008 |
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With price tag of more than US$10 billion, the biggest toy in science has to deliver a big bang for its buck. Scientists are confident that it will succeed.

The West’s Islamic legacy challenged

Richard Bastien | 10 October 2008 |
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A French scholar has sparked a controversy by challenging the conventional wisdom that we emerged from the Dark Ages guided by Muslim teachers.

Ecuador’s labyrinth of nebulous ambiguity

Pedro Dutour | 09 October 2008 |
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Now that the new president has his politically correct constitution, what will he do with it?

The best get convictions; the worst get medals

Nigel Hannaford | 09 October 2008 |
tags: abortion, Canada, conscience
A Canadian woman has spent nearly half of the last 14 years in jail as a prisoner of conscience. Why doesn't she have a medal?

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