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Tightening the screws

James S. Cole | 7 Feb 2012 |
tags: Obama politics, religious freedom

The Obama Adminstration is attacking religious rights by mandating that all health-care plans, even church-run one, must provide cover for abortion and contraception.

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Oh, Britannia!

Joanna Bogle | 7 Feb 2012 |
tags: Britain, Queen Elizabeth II

It's not her fault but six decades on, Queen Elizabeth rules a wave of social disintegration.

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Shifty words

Frances Kelly | 6 Feb 2012 |
tags: gender, same-sex marriage

What does “marriage equality” actually mean?

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Unnatural Selection

Jennifer Roback Morse | 6 Feb 2012 |
tags: books, sex selective abortion

A book by a pro-choice feminist faces up to an unintended consequence of the West's fertility war.

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Beating the competition

Carolyn Moynihan | 3 Feb 2012 |
tags: education crisis, family structure, US economy

Business leaders are blaming the education system for the loss of jobs offshore. But aren’t they forgetting that other institution that turns out good workers?

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Lost in Transition II: An accurate picture of youth?

Thomas Lickona | 2 Feb 2012 |
tags: books, emerging adults, moral relativism

We cannot stake too much on one study of young adult moral attitudes.

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Germany faces tough decisions in Europe’s debt crisis

George Friedman | 1 Feb 2012 |
tags: debt crisis, European Union, Germany, Stratfor

The Germans hold many cards, and that's their problem.

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All Hell Let Loose

Francis Phillips | 30 Jan 2012 |
tags: warfare, World War II

World War II was not a straightforward death grapple between good and evil, says an eminent military historian.

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Unstable behaviour

Peter Saunders | 30 Jan 2012 |
tags: same-sex attraction, same-sex marriage

A leading activist agrees that homosexual preferences are fluid and changing. If so, why do gays need special treatment?

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Gendercide: when choice becomes an issue

Margaret Somerville | 30 Jan 2012 |
tags: abortions, gendercide

Indignation over sex-selection shows that abortion is not just a private matter.

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Let’s make the UN Secretary-General keep his word

Vincenzina Santoro | 27 Jan 2012 |
tags: abortions, United Nations

The United Nations must be the "defender of the defenceless", says Ban Ki-moon. Why not begin with the unborn?

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Our pick of the films of 2011

Michael Cook | 26 Jan 2012 |
tags: best of, films

After bunkering down with our reviewers, we've settled on a list of the best films of the past year.

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Lost In Transition: I

Thomas Lickona | 26 Jan 2012 |
tags: books, emerging adults, moral relativism

What's the matter with today's emerging adults?

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Will the “Great Satan” strike a deal with Iran?

George Friedman | 25 Jan 2012 |
tags: Iran, Middle East

Neither wants a conflict and both have much to lose.

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No carnival for Costa Concordia captain

Constance Kong | 24 Jan 2012 |
tags: business ethics, leadership

Who’s really culpable in one of the most avoidable disasters of recent maritime history?

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What President Obama should tell us about bullying

Izzy Kalman | 24 Jan 2012 |
tags: Barack Obama, bullying

Even though he was bullied as a child, he survived – and thrived.

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