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Making the Good Book animal-friendly
An animal rights group wants a non-discriminatory translation of the Bible.
Another great Spinelli story: Crash
10-15 year old boys have to read this. Teachers have to read this. And (boys, don't look), even girls should…
Whatever happened to declarations of war?
The last time an American President asked Congress to declare war was on December 8, 1941. What about all the wars since then?
Baby Joseph comes home
The Maraachli family now hopes to take Joseph home to die in peace and privacy. One hesitates to call it…
Filipinos debate population control
Earlier this year “The Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health and Population and Development Act of 2011” unanimously passed the House Committee…
The slaughter unseen
The global community is intervening in certain geopolitical hotspots where a humanitarian crisis looms. But there’s a place that’s hidden…
Battlefield bioethics
Under conditions of extreme stress, doctors need extremely strong ethical codes.
The science of population projections
The Population Reference Bureau takes a dim view of large families and favours contraception and so on, but it does…
The Ivory Coast is not so far away
If you are a humanitarian, are there limits to relief efforts? With all the news lately reporting on the “international…
Suicide kits(?!)
Are we sufficiently jarred? Why would anybody devise a method to help people end their lives? And what in the…
Women want a pay rise, men want a baby
A recent study by market research company, Colmar Brunton, into New Zealand young people in their 20’s indicates that young…
Bullying: the YouTube connection
Becoming an internet sensation has its down side, as eighth grader Rebecca Black and her parents painfully learned.
The puzzle of intolerant tolerance
How can liberal democracies justify prosecuting people who wear crosses or refuse to preside at same-sex marriages and still pride themselves on being tolerant?
Is there a “duty to die”?
Should "unproductive burdens" on society do the right thing by the rest of us and make an early exit?
Dropouts and economics
Business and commerce means people, buying and selling. The economy is the conglomerate of how that’s doing. Let’s get back…
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