MercatorNet offers lively news and articles promoting human dignity. 2012-02-10T11:50:58+10:00 Copyright (c) 2006, MercatorNet tag:mercatornet.com,2006:10:11 tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10086 2011-12-18T20:55:26+00:00 2011-12-29T21:33:28+00:00 Why are parents with four-plus children happier, on average, than those with just a couple? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10070 2011-12-18T13:52:18+00:00 2011-12-18T19:55:19+00:00 Cutting off supply lines to committed users has limited effectiveness. Let's try stopping people from getting hooked in the first place. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10082 2011-12-16T01:39:29+00:00 2011-12-15T22:20:31+00:00 In America's capital of the weird breaking the world record for naked Santas is no big deal. But it says a lot about the death of childhood. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10080 2011-12-15T22:34:37+00:00 2011-12-18T21:28:39+00:00 Nothing less than a return to the foundations of justice in nature and reason will do. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10079 2011-12-15T21:21:28+00:00 2011-12-15T18:18:45+00:00 Why did leading media fail to point out the real news in a report on abortion and mental health? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10068 2011-12-13T23:43:38+00:00 2012-01-06T23:24:39+00:00 A widely publicized report published by the Royal Society of Canada presents a thoroughly one-sided view. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10071 2011-12-13T23:42:26+00:00 2011-12-13T23:07:27+00:00 Transplanting organs from pigs could be the answer to the shortage of organs for desperately ill patients. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10063 2011-12-13T04:49:56+00:00 2011-12-13T00:16:20+00:00 Why is America trying to force acceptance of gay rights upon African nations? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10058 2011-12-12T12:12:38+00:00 2011-12-13T00:09:55+00:00 Tempestuous emotions are a poor foundation for public policy. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10059 2011-12-12T12:11:38+00:00 2011-12-12T07:26:01+00:00 Not only was England's best-loved novelist a genius, he had an astonishing capacity for hard work and concentration. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10057 2011-12-12T10:56:39+00:00 2011-12-12T06:18:40+00:00 Paul B. Hunker III Sex abuse scandals at Penn State and elsewhere have shocked Americans. But why are we ignoring the most widespread abuse of all? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10045 2011-12-09T06:32:56+00:00 2011-12-09T02:35:58+00:00 Why the hazards of nulliparity in the cloister have nothing to do with the Vatican. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10043 2011-12-09T01:18:52+00:00 2011-12-08T20:30:15+00:00 A Dutch MP thinks mobile euthanasia units are worth considering. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10042 2011-12-08T23:05:27+00:00 2011-12-08T19:38:40+00:00 When prenatal diagnosis brings bad news about their child, parents deserve a real choice of paths. Happily, there is a beautiful option available. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10037 2011-12-08T01:28:52+00:00 2011-12-07T21:55:13+00:00 Unhappily, the early years of Nazi Germany may be the appropriate analogy for the dangers following the Arab spring. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10034 2011-12-06T23:49:37+00:00 2011-12-06T21:37:12+00:00 What if there are democratic elections and the people choose a regime that violates the principles of Western human rights? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10031 2011-12-06T12:36:23+00:00 2011-12-06T08:35:33+00:00 Same sex marriage can only succeed in a society where traditional marriage is already weak. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10028 2011-12-05T21:00:35+00:00 2011-12-05T18:31:02+00:00 Europeans who belong to a religion report higher levels of happiness than those who do not. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10025 2011-12-05T03:36:31+00:00 2011-12-04T22:44:19+00:00 In his collected essays, the controversial Christopher Hitchens shows that he is incapable of platitudes or jargon. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10024 2011-12-05T02:56:23+00:00 2011-12-04T22:13:12+00:00 The American withdrawal from Iraq has left some Iranian refugees at risk of being slaughtered. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10021 2011-12-02T06:25:59+00:00 2011-12-02T02:47:59+00:00 How many more lives, how many billions of dollars, will be sacrificed to western sexual ideology? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10018 2011-12-01T04:52:28+00:00 2011-12-01T00:03:44+00:00 In the age of the Internet there is only one way to get rid of tabloid tactics. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10015 2011-11-30T06:00:21+00:00 2011-11-30T01:18:31+00:00 The underlying message of this iconic film is how to grow out of childhood fears Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10014 2011-11-30T04:13:05+00:00 2011-11-29T23:26:28+00:00 And make doubly sure that your home life is not "polluted" by your addiction to work. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2011:articles/4.10009 2011-11-29T01:44:46+00:00 2011-12-19T04:52:47+00:00 Europe is often described as a godless wasteland. That's not what the statistics show. Read more...]]>