An on-line voice for human dignity. We stand for reframing ethical and policy debates in terms of human dignity, not dollars and cents or political calculation. 2010-03-19T13:17:45+10:00 Copyright (c) 2009, MercatorNet tag:mercatornet.com,2009:08:13 tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6669 2010-02-26T02:32:40+00:00 2010-02-27T14:57:41+00:00 Martin Barillas An American journalist exercises his prophetic powers concerning trends in the Catholic Church. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6672 2010-02-26T01:14:59+00:00 2010-02-26T18:50:00+00:00 Colleen Carroll Campbell A silly campaign also demonstrates the inroads of anti-religious sentiment into American society. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6665 2010-02-24T23:22:42+00:00 2010-02-26T09:22:43+00:00 Carolyn Moynihan Can we judge the status of a woman by her paypacket? Have women arrived when they have half the seats in the legislature and their husbands do half the chores at home? Part I of a symposium on improving the status of women by 2020. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6668 2010-02-24T23:21:12+00:00 2010-02-25T12:00:22+00:00 Mark Mostert Dread genetic diseases are disappearing -- because parents and doctors are eliminating the children who have them.  Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6662 2010-02-24T02:24:52+00:00 2010-02-25T00:31:53+00:00 Thomas C. Reeves Silence is the enemy of everything superficial, stupid, and ugly. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6657 2010-02-23T14:01:47+00:00 2010-02-24T01:57:48+00:00 Kim R. Holmes China's perceived rise to superpower likely won't happen. It takes a democracy to lead the world. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6655 2010-02-23T05:24:23+00:00 2010-02-24T01:24:24+00:00 Michael Cook Forget the jokes. A Harvard professor is serious. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6652 2010-02-22T05:51:49+00:00 2010-02-22T05:42:10+00:00 Christian C. Sahner The controversial Tariq Ramadan’s latest book promotes a “Western” version of Islam. Is he the “Muslim Martin Luther”? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6640 2010-02-19T07:38:42+00:00 2010-02-19T07:20:01+00:00 Carolyn Moynihan A report shows that more than two-thirds of the world's people live under highly restrictive regimes. But faith can still find ways to act. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6641 2010-02-19T07:37:37+00:00 2010-02-20T00:10:38+00:00 Michael Cook Euthanasia activists in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands have lost touch with reality. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6635 2010-02-18T04:15:50+00:00 2010-03-10T14:30:51+00:00 Pauline Cooper-Ioelu Valentine romanticism passes but true love can still be found - sometimes when you are not even looking for it. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6631 2010-02-17T07:26:04+00:00 2010-02-19T10:56:05+00:00 Godfrey Hodgson The Supreme Court has just made even harder the effort to limit the degradation of American politics by money. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6622 2010-02-16T03:29:42+00:00 2010-02-16T03:17:27+00:00 Joanna Bogle And why 'happiness classes' in schools won't help them cheer up. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6618 2010-02-15T00:55:17+00:00 2010-02-17T23:54:18+00:00 Michael Coren A true Olympic sport draws the best from around the world, not just rich kids from places with too much snow. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6616 2010-02-14T13:24:26+00:00 2010-02-15T01:23:27+00:00 Brian Lilley The speed, the grace, the wonder of the Olympics comes alive in Vancouver. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6604 2010-02-13T06:09:24+00:00 2010-02-14T00:30:26+00:00 Mariette Ulrich To wipe out childhood obesity in one generation Michelle Obama will have to focus on the people who can make a difference – parents. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6600 2010-02-12T07:19:30+00:00 2010-02-12T06:34:03+00:00 Margaret Somerville A controversial article linking autism with vaccinations continues to do immense damage. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6599 2010-02-12T06:44:32+00:00 2010-02-12T05:56:02+00:00 Francisco García Pimentel Ruiz On March 4, the nation's capital reaches an historic milestone. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6568 2010-02-11T17:29:41+00:00 2010-02-14T01:51:42+00:00 Robert R. Reilly Military readiness is not the objective of having openly gay soldiers in the US armed services. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6584 2010-02-11T05:29:35+00:00 2010-02-11T05:03:39+00:00 Martyn Drakard Somali pirates seem closer to Al Qaeda than Jack Sparrow, but some of them are just out of work fishermen. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6574 2010-02-09T23:28:18+00:00 2010-02-11T05:04:20+00:00 Brian S Brown Proposition 8 appeal judge Vaughn Walker seems to have had one goal: to generate sympathy for gay marriage supporters. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6571 2010-02-09T07:00:45+00:00 2010-02-10T00:22:46+00:00 Vincenzina Santoro What right has Bill Gates to dress down Italy and its prime minister? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6573 2010-02-09T06:37:38+00:00 2010-02-09T11:01:40+00:00 Marko Papic and Peter Zeihan In the not too distant future, Greece will probably default on its national debt. How will the EU's most powerful economy react? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6572 2010-02-09T06:32:01+00:00 2010-02-09T06:09:02+00:00 Carson Holloway Why the concept of “strict scrutiny” is alien to the Constitution and why it poses a threat to a constitutionally defensible judicial review. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2010:articles/4.6551 2010-02-06T00:37:30+00:00 2010-02-05T23:58:11+00:00 Sheila Liaugminas Controversy over an ad for the big event makes you wonder what some folks mean by 'choice'. Read more...]]>