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Below are links to recent articles published on MercatorNet.

Searching for spiritual enlightenment? Keep on searching.

Craig Smith | 21 November 2008

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




Same sex marriage and its threat to religious liberty

Jennifer Roback Morse | 21 November 2008 | comment 2

Tactics used by gay marriage campaigners confirm believers’ worst fears.




The party of……

Brian Lilley | 20 November 2008 | comment 4

Republicans are soul searching after their fall from power. What changes are needed? Should the party of Lincoln drop social conservatism to woo voters?




The spirit of Christmas present

Michelle Martin | 20 November 2008 | comment 1

Ebenezer Scrooge can teach us that our best behaviour isn't only for special occasions.




Rhubarb, rhubarb: the G-20’s plan to save the world

George Friedman | 19 November 2008 | comment 2

Meetings, and more meetings: the sense of urgency is gone.




Lessons in progressive politics

Michael Cook | 19 November 2008 | comment 16

Something unexpected happened when Uruguayan politicians tried to liberalise their country's archaic abortion laws. 




Towards a coercive utopia

Bill Muehlenberg | 19 November 2008 | comment 2

Some contemporary ethicists are updating eugenics.




So Sexy So Soon

Rebecca Walberg | 18 November 2008 | comment 4

Communication critical: Want to help your children navigate a sex-saturated culture? They'll need to learn your beliefs -- not those all around them.




Death talk in a secular age

Margaret Somerville | 18 November 2008 | comment 11

We must formulate a moral argument against euthanasia without resorting to religion.




Defending life against unaccountable power

Josephine Quintavalle | 15 November 2008 | comment 6

The pro-life movement in Britain just fought a losing battle against the scientific imperative. What lessons are to be learned?




Explaining religion away, for the 100th time: Part II

Denyse O’Leary | 15 November 2008 | comment 2

Materialist neuroscience lays the groundwork for discrimination against non-materialist points of view.




Explaining religion away, for the 100th time, part 1

Denyse O’Leary | 14 November 2008 | comment 8

The world's leading science journal has recruited a social scientist to write the thinking man's Religulous.




Regaining lost ground

Darren Sproats | 14 November 2008 | comment 1

Learning how to harness the power of the internet is something that most pro-life organisations have yet to learn.




The op-ed challenge

Michael Cook | 14 November 2008 | comment 7

The bias of editors is not the reason why articles are rejected; it's the quality of the contributions. 




Education suffers from high self-esteem

Barbara Kay | 14 November 2008 | comment 3

Students bubble-wrapped against failure lack both humility and motivation in their approach to higher learning.




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