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State of the Union

John Robson | 30 January 2010 |
tags: Obama, State of the Union address
Obama's speech offered soaring oratory that fell flat and fizzled.

Pure cynicism

Carolyn Moynihan | 29 January 2010 |
tags: abstinence, Australian politics, sex education
Horrors! The next prime minister of Australia might be a man who advocates virginity for young people.

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

Francis Phillips | 29 January 2010 |
tags: India, religion
India may have the best of modern technology and a powerful economy, but it is deeply religious. 

Conservative Britain? I don’t think so

Joanna Bogle | 28 January 2010 |
tags: Britain, conservatism, family values
Uneasy about social disintegration, Britons have yet to face the underlying causes.


Are animals persons?

Margaret Somerville | 27 January 2010 |
tags: animal rights, personhood
If we grant personhood to some animals, we will end up withdrawing it from some human beings.

Haiti’s earthquake: a future after mercy

Johanna Mendelson Forman | 27 January 2010 |
tags: disasters, Haiti, UN
Rebuilding Haiti is both a great challenge and a great opportunity.

Ukraine’s election and Russian resurgence

Peter Ziehan | 27 January 2010 |
tags: Russia, Ukraine
With the election on February 7 the Orange Revolution will shudder to a halt.


China’s Cassandra prophecy

Constance Kong | 25 January 2010 |
tags: China, demography, one-child policy
The Government’s 2020 vision has been blind-sided by a think tank's report on its population policy disaster

Benedict and the synagogue, Pius and the Holocaust

Michael Coren | 23 January 2010 |
tags: Benedict XVI, Holocaust, Judaism, Pius XII
Old controversies die hard, even in the face of facts.

Finest Years

Francis Phillips | 22 January 2010 |
tags: books, Churchill, World War II
Churchill was a giant among men and it is bracing to read of real leadership when so often we are led by pygmies.

Suffering with dignity

Margaret Somerville | 22 January 2010 |
tags: death, euthanasia, human dignity
We must find meaning in dying, to make it the last great act of living.

The downside of risk reduction

Matthew Hanley | 22 January 2010 |
tags: harm reduction, human dignity, sti's
Containing the STD epidemic by harm reduction robs people of hope that they can change their lives.

Uganda’s gay bill and the cultural imperialists

Martyn Drakard | 20 January 2010 |
tags: homosexuality, human rights, Uganda, USA
The US is getting heavy handed over Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, but isn't there a double standard here?

Searching for meaning in disaster

Michael Cook | 19 January 2010 |
tags: Christianity, disasters, Haiti, suffering
Is it really so stupid to ask why this had to happen to the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere?

The people call for Brown

Brian Lilley | 19 January 2010 |
tags: Brown, Coakley, Obama, Senate
Shock and upset. The people have reclaimed the seat that once belonged to Ted Kennedy and they've given it to an unlikely victor.

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