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Hard questions

As Operation Iraqi Freedom morphs into Operation New Dawn, we cannot forget that at least 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died violent deaths.


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9/11 and the nine-year war

Is counter-terrorism too narrow a focus for American foreign policy?



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More about adults, less about kids

An Australian parliamentary debate on same-sex adoption shows gay rights to the fore.



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Thoughts on an earthquake in New Zealand

The power of nature, the risks humans take, and the cheering results that can come from a disaster.


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Is pain relief a human right?

It is an outrage that patients in developing countries often cannot get relief for extreme pain. 


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Tony Blair’s journey to power

Is this doorstop of a book a record of a journey from principle to pragmatism?


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Red Families v. Blue Families

Two academics stoke the culture wars by claiming that blue states have the correct recipe for making families.


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Rethinking American options on Iran

The US has other options besides destroying Iran's nuclear capabilities.


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Singing for their supper - and not much more

Isn’t it time we recognized the soul work of artists and stopped them starving in their garrets?


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Can you hear us now?

Australian women raise a collective shout against the pornification of culture and the harm it is doing.


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The bitter fruit of a myth

Ireland has been stunned by the revelation that a Catholic priest appears to have been responsible for a terror bombing in which nine people died in 1972.


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Aftershock

A Chinese blockbuster about the survivors of two earthquakes is a remarkable story of loss and redemption.


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The Waiting City

Forget Julia Roberts doing meditation. This Australian movie will tell you so much more about prayer - and love.


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