Articles
Below are links to recent articles published on MercatorNet.
Aping their betters
Margaret Somerville | 05 December 2008 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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Eckhart Tolle is a publishing phenomenon. Why are so many people lapping up his distillation of the wisdom of the ages?


