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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, too, just to cover the bases

Carolyn Moynihan | 18 December 2005

Can the West celebrate Christmas without offending its non-Christian minorities, or do we have to settle for mere holiday spirit? And what will happen if we do?



Its a Wiki world out there

Michael Cook | 18 December 2005

A defamatory entry in the on-line encyclopaedia Wikipedia has put one of the internet’s great success stories under the spotlight.



Hark, the age-old carols sing

Michael Cook | 16 December 2005

Singing Christmas carols is an indispensable part of our heritage.



UK to shake up retirement scheme

Dermot Grenham | 16 December 2005 | comment 1

The British are living longer and having fewer children. How are they going to cover the cost of caring for their elderly? A new report outlines the options.



My grandma would trash this Marxist rubbish

Guiomar Barbi | 14 December 2005

Publishers keep churning out how-to-find-a-guy guides for young women. Why haven't they asked my grandmother to write one?



The ultimate free market: selling herself

Carolyn Moynihan | 08 December 2005

Can there be anything wrong with transactions made between consenting adults, no matter how degrading? MercatorNet investigates arguments for legalised prostitution.



To clone or not to clone

Michael Cook | 07 December 2005 | comment 3

Whether or not embryos should be cloned and then destroyed for their stem cells has been one of the hottest issues in science this year. James Sherley, a professor at MIT, says that the use of cells from cloned embryos is scientifically and ethically dubious.



Manga mania

Matthew Mehan | 03 December 2005 | comment 1

The Japanese have invented a unique genre of comic books for all ages and tastes -- and they are flying off the shelves even in the US.



The $100 laptop

Michael Cook | 03 December 2005

The IT world is abuzz with excitement about a project to hook up millions of children in poor countries to the internet. Have all the bases been covered?



Cloning pioneer hits the wall

Michael Cook | 30 November 2005

A Korean national hero has confessed that he told lies about his research about cloning human embryos. Will his colleagues 'fess up, too?



Critiquing consumerism

Rafael Serrano | 29 November 2005

British philosopher John Haldane thinks that religion has a bad PR problem and that people with deep religious convictions need to freshen up their image.



A tale of two weddings

Carolyn Moynihan | 27 November 2005

Two women marry. One becomes a princess and the other becomes a commoner, but both seem to be richer where it counts.



Is intelligent design really science?

Michael Cook | 23 November 2005

Is intelligent design really science? Or is it a kind of disguised creationism? MercatorNet interviews a philosopher who has been tracking the debate.



Peter Drucker (1909-2005)

Guido Stein | 19 November 2005

After Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Drucker, who died this week, was probably the best-known Austrian in the English-speaking world. An expert on his work explains why he has been so influential.



Who cares? The crisis facing an ageing society

Carolyn Moynihan | 19 November 2005

When the baby boom generation embraced birth control they forgot to ask who would support them and look after them in their old, old age.



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