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The Death of Captain Cook

Francis Phillips | 31 October 2008 | comment 1

The famed explorer ended his days in a violent scuffle in the surf of a Hawaiian beach. Was he an imperial hero or a ruthless colonialist? 



The rights and wrongs of privacy

Janet E Smith | 31 October 2008 | comment 10

How did ‘privacy’ come to cover a multitude of sins? A philosopher explains.



Has the time come to dump free markets?

Oskari Juurikkala | 30 October 2008 | comment 3

It's tempting to blame the current financial crisis on the free market economy. But it's wrong. 



Horrors, it’s Halloween again

Luisa Cotta Ramosino | 30 October 2008 | comment 4

Be afraid. Be very afraid. It could be good for you.



Political science: voting by neurons

Denyse O’Leary | 29 October 2008 | comment 2

Casting your ballot comes down to your brain going ‘ding, ding, ding - this person is just like me’, according to junk science.



The return of the nation-state

George Friedman | 28 October 2008 | comment 1

Recent events show that in times of crisis, multilateralism runs second-best. 



Advances in stem cell research

Derek Miedema | 28 October 2008 | comment 2

Is choosing between good science and good ethics a thing of the past?



Barack Obama, meet Mr Jackson

John Robson | 24 October 2008 | comment 16

The real challenge for Barack Obama no longer seems to be winning the election, but ensuring those middle Americans that will assure his win, stay onside.



Political science: the messy room

Denyse O’Leary | 24 October 2008 | comment 4

Junk science about voting is floating around and you might bump into some this election.



Don’t expand NATO

Benjamin H. Friedman and Justin Logan | 24 October 2008 | comment 3

  US President George W. Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper are pushing NATO to accept Georgia and Ukraine as members. Two CATO Institute scholars say that is a bad idea.



Not your father’s Levi’s

Barbara Lilley | 23 October 2008 | comment 11

The world jean giant is hardly alone but Levi Strauss is leading the charge in a new raunchy ad campaign that goes one step beyond.



Freedom is a no-brainer

Andrew Mullins | 23 October 2008 | comment 6

Modern science has made great strides in knowledge of the brain. But our brains are not us.



The Filipino front in the culture wars

Rosa Linda Valenzona | 21 October 2008 | comment 47

The heavyweights of the global reproductive health agenda are making an all-out bid to displace the church as the conscience of the Philippines.



Permissive laws, permissive behaviour

Trayce Hansen | 21 October 2008 | comment 18

The research shows that legalising same-sex marriage will increase prevalence of homosexuality, says a psychologist



Towards World Economy 2.0

George Friedman and Peter Zeihan | 21 October 2008 | comment 1

Americans are sure to resist a European call to defer to an international economic bureaucracy in December's global summit. 



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