Riled by the R-word

Barbara Kay | 11 Mar 2010 |
tags: disability, paraolympics

Disabled people need all the support we can give them. They don't need ideologues who teach that disability is a social construct.

Flat tires, diapers and school reform

Kevin Ryan | 10 Mar 2010 |
tags: education, Obama, school reform

Are federally mandated accountability and school choice going to join other attempts to change US schools in the junkyard of great ideas?

Swiss animals are in the catbird seat. How about the kids?

Clara Balestra | 9 Mar 2010 |
tags: animal rights, children's rights, Switzerland

Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to give animals a public defender. But children are still not adequately protected.

Women’s dignity: attending to the person

Carolyn Moynihan | 9 Mar 2010 |
tags: dignity, formation, status of women

In the information age a new generation of women awaits formation in the feminine powers of attention to the other and care for them. The third and last part of a symposium on improving the status of women by 2020.

Assessing JFK’s legacy to American Christians

Charles J. Chaput | 8 Mar 2010 |
tags: Catholic, faith in public life, John F. Kennedy

Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy gave an important speech about the role of Christians in public life. A Catholic Archbishop says that the damage he did was profound.

Why my 50,000 videogames are the art form of the future

Paco Ruiz | 5 Mar 2010 |
tags: art, Avatar, video games

Far from endangering the soul, immersion in the world of avatars can give us a glimpse of lost innocence.

After the quake, Chile shows its strengths

Pedro Dutour | 5 Mar 2010 |
tags: Chile, democracy, resilience

In Latin American terms, it couldn't have happened to a better country.

Women’s dignity: reclaiming the feminine genius

Carolyn Moynihan | 4 Mar 2010 |
tags: dignity, feminism, status of women

Putting a stop to sexual objectification, exploring intrinsic feminine gifts - these and other ideas are on the agenda in Part 2 of a symposium on improving the status of women by 2020.

Daring scheme for raising Korean births

Anna Choi | 4 Mar 2010 |
tags: abortion, Korea

Unless Koreans have more kids, their nation could disappear. A dynamic gynaecologist has a plan to reverse the trend by applying the existing laws on abortion.

Too much, too soon

Joanna Bogle | 3 Mar 2010 |
tags: Britain, family values, sex education

As possibly one of its last acts as government, British Labour bids to make sex education compulsory.

Thinking about the unthinkable: a US deal with Iran

George Friedman | 3 Mar 2010 |
tags: foreign policy, Iran, Stratfor

Tied down in Iraq and Afghanistan, what other realistic options does the US have?

Getting the facts right about euthanasia

Margaret Somerville | 2 Mar 2010 |
tags: bioethics, euthanasia, Quebec

How can Quebec doctors ask for the legalisation of euthanasia? They don't even know what it is.

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