MercatorNetA voice for human dignity. We stand for reframing ethical and policy debates in terms of human dignity, not dollars and cents or political calculation.2009-01-09T23:08:04+10:00Copyright (c) 2008, MercatorNettag:mercatornet.com,2008:11:10Darwinism 2.0 has all the answerstag:mercatornet.com,2009:articles/4.43332009-01-09T14:08:04+00:002009-01-09T13:37:05+00:00Michael CookEuphoria is no excuse for sloppy thinking in the world's most influential news magazine, The Economist.
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Arab palace is quite different from the view on the Arab street.
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the year’s best films. But we’re tough and prepared to take risks.
Comments, please!
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Euphoria is no excuse for sloppy thinking in the world's most influential news magazine, The Economist.
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Did anyone ever ask IVF children whether they wanted to go through life as genetic orphans?
Read more...]]>
The Victorian poet Francis Thompson, an Irish coffee and a good fire are the best way to beat Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Read more...]]>
Why are people averting their eyes from the coming collapse of population growth?
Regulations are piled upon regulations in Canada about killing seal pups, but there is no law about abortion.
Read more...]]>
The view of the Israeli invasion of Gaza from the
Arab palace is quite different from the view on the Arab street.
Read more...]]>
Reconnecting to the power grid is not child's play in Nigeria. Especially when you own the grid. 
Barack Obama's choice for education secretary offers hope for a change in America's schools.
Read more...]]>
Smarter teachers? More parental involvement? More computers? Better assessment? Healthier lunches? Nope. Try harder-working kids.
Read more...]]>
If we don't trash the physical environment, do we have a right to trash the moral environment?
Read more...]]>
A former US diplomat argues that it is time for nations that truly respect human rights, to ditch the UNHRC for a body that promotes true rights.
Read more...]]>
World leaders have spoken out on the crisis in the Middle East. Here is what Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek has to say.
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World leaders have spoken out on the crisis in the Middle East. Here is what German Chancellor Angela Merkel has to say.
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World leaders have spoken out on the crisis in the Middle East. Here is what Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said.
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World leaders have spoken out on the crisis in the Middle East. Here is what Barack Obama has to say.
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One of the most perilous assignments of editors is compiling lists of
the year’s best films. But we’re tough and prepared to take risks.
Comments, please!
Read more...]]>
The headlines proclaim China's growing financial power. But its ageing population may scupper its ambitions.
Read more...]]>
A militant school of Hindu thought which despises Islam and Christianity as alien creeds is growing in strength in India. 
The FBI agent who leaked information about Watergate to the Washington Post and helped to destroy Richard Nixon was a master manipulator. 
Surrogate motherhood isn't about forming families; it is about satisfying adult desires.
Read more...]]>
Science confirms that happiness is catching; you never know whom your joy will reach.
Read more...]]>
The riots in Athens and across Greece have nothing to do with "alienated youth" and everything to do with a society in decline.
Read more...]]>
Historian John Robson says Barack Obama is hardly the first president or president-elect to brush with scandal - real or imagined.
Read more...]]>
The racket perpetrated by Bernie Madoff may be the biggest so far, but it certainly won't be the last.
Read more...]]>
Sixty years after it was adopted by the United Nations, the Declaration is still a robust shield for the family.
Read more...]]>