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Below are links to recent articles published on MercatorNet.

Aping their betters

Margaret Somerville | 05 December 2008 | comment 22

If animals co-operate to benefit their community, does it mean they are ethical beings?




Our Times: The Age of Elizabeth II

Francis Phillips | 05 December 2008 | comment 2

A N Wilson’s latest volume on the social history of Britain is intelligent, amusing and ultimately facile.




Shop till you drop

Carolyn Moynihan | 03 December 2008 | comment 1

A frenzied mob of New York bargain-hunters trampled a man to death in a pre-Christmas sale. Why? 




The change they forgot about: education

Kevin Ryan | 03 December 2008 | comment 11

If the critically wounded were treated first, bailouts wouldn't be handed to car manufacturers, but to schools. 




After Mumbai

George Friedman | 03 December 2008 | comment 7

Whoever planned the murderous terrorist attack knew what they were up to. It presents awful dilemmas for New Delhi, Islamabad and Washington.




My Life with Karol

Francis Phillips | 28 November 2008 | comment 7

Stanislaw Dziwisz spent 40 years at the side of the man who did more for human dignity than anyone else in the 20th century.




Prostitution law: a South Sea model?

Andrea Mrozek | 28 November 2008 | comment 4

Canadians should be wary of the much-touted legalised regime in New Zealand.




The dilemmas of pre-natal testing

Margaret Somerville | 28 November 2008 | comment 10

Are we using pre-natal testing as part of a search-and-destroy mission for the disabled?




The cold hearts of digital voyeurs

Theron Bowers | 27 November 2008 | comment 13

The webcam suicide of an American teenager gives the lie to the notion of an "internet community".




China’s demographic doom

Maria Sophia Aguirre | 26 November 2008 | comment 8

Amazing economic growth and a massive recession rescue package cannot save China from the drastic effects of its one child policy.




The flexibility challenge

George Friedman | 26 November 2008 | comment 3

The main issues faced by the new American president were hardly discussed in the campaign. 




Lean times call for a lean workplace

Pamela Golamco | 25 November 2008 | comment 9

Rather than ship customer complaints off to Mumbai, businesses could eliminate them with some simple tools for efficiency.




Of damsels in distress and dragons to the rescue

Alistair Nicholas | 24 November 2008 | comment 3

If China uses its immense foreign reserves to rescue the American economy, will the story end there?




Randy Pausch and the last taboo

Theron Bowers | 21 November 2008 | comment 6

Society is rapidly depleting its store of taboos. We can laugh at sex, religion and even death. Isn't there anything left? 




Searching for spiritual enlightenment? Keep on searching.

Craig Smith | 21 November 2008 | comment 3

Eckhart Tolle is a publishing phenomenon. Why are so many people lapping up his distillation of the wisdom of the ages?




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