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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 | 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 | 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 | 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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