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Christopher Martin | 19 November 2004

This year marks 300th anniversary of the death of the English philosopher John Locke in 1704, an event which has been commemorated by several conferences. Locke is important for a number of reasons. He was the first considerable figure of the empiricist school of philosophy, which sought to find a secure foundation for our whole system of knowledge in our sensations. As a political philosopher, he articulated the importance of the division of the three powers of the state, the legislative, the judiciary, and the executive, a distinction which is enshrined in the US constitution and in the constitutional practice of all respectable free countries.

Social Action | 19 November 2004

If you take your evidence from television shows, then young men are not interested in marriage. But a US national survey of young men aged 25-34 shows that most men are "the marrying kind", although men are delaying marriage until older ages. Those from traditional, religiously observant family backgrounds are more likely to be married, or to seek marriage and to have positive views of marriage, women and children than young males who come from non traditional and non religious family backgrounds. However, around twenty per cent of young men are personally averse to marriage.

Sean O'Bannon | 19 November 2004

Trust was a key issue in the recent American election. Words like integrity, honesty, lies, deceit and evasion filled the evening news. Bush supporters accused Kerry of lying over his war record. Kerry supporters accused Bush of lying over the weapons of mass destruction.

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