Articles
Below are links to recent articles published on MercatorNet.
Why should we bother to read old books?
Christopher Martin | 01 July 2005
Are you just a mouldy fuddy-duddy if your taste in reading runs to Plato and other hoary authors?
The hidden side of Ireland’s success
Seamus Grimes | 01 July 2005
Ireland has become one of the richest countries in Europe, with multinational flocking to take advantage of its generous tax rates and educated workforce. But there is a downside.
Where did he come from?
Carolyn Moynihan | 24 June 2005
In the ultimate feel-good finish, Michael Campbell, an unheralded New Zealander, picked off Tiger Woods in the US Open.
Cuomo cuts through ethical knot with a committee
Michael Cook | 24 June 2005
Former New York governor Mario Cuomo has proposed that an expert committee guide Congress in deciding whether human embryos are human beings. We asked former researcher and medical ethicist Dianne Irving for her comments.
Calibrating happiness
Carolyn Moynihan | 24 June 2005
By 2020 depression will be the second-largest cause of disability in the world for both men and women of all ages. So researchers are beavering away on what makes us happy. Have they got it right?
Uncomfortable truths about Terri Schiavo
Harry Moody | 24 June 2005
An autopsy has confirmed that Terri Shiavo did have massive brain damage. She was probably blind and unaware and could not eat or drink. But what does this prove?
G-rated for gold mine?
Michael Cook | 24 June 2005
G-rated films are 11 times as profitable as R-rated films, but Hollywood makes 12 times as many R-rated films. What's going on?
Making better people
Carolyn Moynihan | 18 June 2005
Want a smarter baby? A faster baby? A blonder baby? Prepared to pay for it? You might be able to some day if transhumanists have their way.
Truth or consequences
Michael Cook | 17 June 2005
What philosophy can justify the abuse of enemy combatants in Guantanamo Bay? The same one which justifies stem cell research and euthanasia.
The crowded house of evolution
Philip Elias | 17 June 2005
What did Richard Dawkins, the world's foremost champion of Darwinism, mean by saying that he believed in evolution but could not prove it?
The real success of Anne Bancroft
Michael Cook | 10 June 2005
What we should remember Anne Bancroft for is her visceral performance in The Miracle Worker, not her role as a seductress in that ultimate 60s film, The Graduate.
Tolerance and her children
Carolyn Moynihan | 10 June 2005
Young Germans are using shock tactics to rattle the liberalism of their parents, and sending a message about tolerance to the West.
Why should we bother to read foreign books?
Christopher Martin | 10 June 2005
All those unspellable names and unpronounceable cities in Dostoy what's-his-name -- why should we bother if he couldn't write in the King's English?
The thorny issue of politicians and conscience
John A. Gueguen, Jr | 10 June 2005
Last year's presidential campaign saw many Catholic politicians tiptoeing through a minefield of moral issues. Could it happen again?
Debunking the flat earth theory
Carolyn Moynihan | 03 June 2005
The mediaevals didn’t believe in a flat earth; the Galileo affair was a beat-up; and missionaries were great scientists. Any other questions about the conflict between religion and science?
