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Our pick of the films of 2008

staff of MercatorNet | 31 December 2008 | comment 11

One of the most perilous assignments of editors is compiling lists of the year’s best films. But we’re tough and prepared to take risks. Comments, please!



Titanic China has an appointment with an iceberg

Constance Kong | 30 December 2008 | comment 2

The headlines proclaim China's growing financial power. But its ageing population may scupper its ambitions. 



Why Hindu extremists target Christians

Augustine Kanjamala | 26 December 2008 | comment 19

A militant school of Hindu thought  which despises Islam and Christianity as alien creeds is growing in strength in India.



The deeper truth about Deep Throat

George Friedman | 23 December 2008 | comment 3

The FBI agent who leaked information about Watergate to the Washington Post and helped to destroy Richard Nixon was a master manipulator.



An indulgence of adult desires

Brigitte Pellerin | 22 December 2008 | comment 12

Surrogate motherhood isn't about forming families; it is about satisfying adult desires.



Christmas cheer

Carolyn Moynihan | 20 December 2008 | comment 4

Science confirms that happiness is catching; you never know whom your joy will reach.



What’s the matter with Greece?

Daniel Proussalidis | 19 December 2008 | comment 17

The riots in Athens and across Greece have nothing to do with "alienated youth" and everything to do with a society in decline.



Are Hope and Change tainted before Obama is even sworn in?

John Robson | 19 December 2008 | comment 2

Historian John Robson says Barack Obama is hardly the first president or president-elect to brush with scandal - real or imagined.



The peak of deception

Alejo José G. Sison | 18 December 2008 | comment 2

The racket perpetrated by Bernie Madoff may be the biggest so far, but it certainly won't be the last.



Defending the family with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Don Browning | 18 December 2008

Sixty years after it was adopted by the United Nations, the Declaration is still a robust shield for the family.



Better than human

Michael Cook | 17 December 2008 | comment 5

Why is the world's most prestigious science journal peddling the snake oil of cognition-enhancing drugs?



So what do we call it?

Brian Lilley | 17 December 2008 | comment 13

A Menorah is not a candelabra, a Christmas tree is well, a Christmas tree.



The Filipino whose fists stop wars

Zen Udani | 16 December 2008 | comment 19

"Don't tell God you have a big problem. Tell your problem you have a big God,” champ tells fans.



Who cares about third world mothers?

Robert Walley | 16 December 2008 | comment 1

The hidden scandal of unsafe childbirth and the hope that a new professional initiative is bringing to mothers.



The school agenda

Michelle Martin | 13 December 2008 | comment 5

Do they want me to go to the office every day when my kids are adults so that I can sign them on?



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