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Obeying the Leviathan

Michael Cook | 17 April 2009 |
tags: conscience, conscientious objection, philosophy, Stanley Fish
A post-modernist looks at conscientious objection and decides he doesn't care for it very much.

Between life and death

Margaret Somerville | 16 April 2009 |
tags:
A Montreal couple is suing a hospital for not allowing their brain-damaged newborn to die. The outcome will deliver important messages about attitudes towards the disabled.


Gimme liberty!

Richard Bastien | 16 April 2009 |
tags:
"Those who can, do; those who can't, govern." That's the motto of many libertarians. But is it realistic in practice?

Professionals or automatons?

Cristina Alarcon | 15 April 2009 |
tags: conscience, conscientious objection, pharmacists
Should pharmacists have the right to act according to their consciences, or are they prescription-filling robots?


How far can the US bend over Cuba?

George Friedman | 14 April 2009 |
tags:
The key to understanding America's obsession with Cuba is its geography. 

Have we arrived at the end of philosophy?

Richard Umbers | 14 April 2009 |
tags:
Has neuroscience really proved that morality is just a matter of feelings?

Dear editor: there is a life after palooza

Michelle Martin | 13 April 2009 |
tags:
Newspapers may be killing themselves by capitulating to porn.

Iowa’s earthquake

Robert R. Reilly | 13 April 2009 |
tags:
No matter what the judges say, they changed the meaning of marriage in Iowa when they ruled that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.


Stop the presses?

John Robson | 11 April 2009 |
tags:
Well, we just might stop the presses. And John Robson says he won't miss The New York Times when they go.

The continuing push for a naked public square.

Daniel Proussalidis | 10 April 2009 |
tags:
The push to get religion out of public life is relentless. The resistance to such a foolish move must be relentless as well.

Keeping my face off of Facebook has my girls all a Twitter

Erin Manning | 09 April 2009 |
tags:
Social networking sites may not offer children the type of "socialisation" the experts call for.

Teleprompter president

Brian Lilley | 08 April 2009 |
tags:
Have we lost the art of oratory? A couple of YouTube clips are evidence in a trial of the teleprompter president.

Turkey the key to Obama’s Europe policy

George Friedman | 07 April 2009 |
tags:
It was all smiles and hugs in Europe, but the President did his heavy lifting in Ankara. 

Tears for Middle Pleistocene human Cranium 14

Michael Cook | 06 April 2009 |
tags:
An amazing archeological finding in Spain reveals the deep humanity of our distant ancestors.

Dead Aid

Dermot Grenham | 06 April 2009 |
tags:
Could Africa be poor because developed countries give undeveloped ones too much money?

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