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Policy - Law

Lawful but not just

Joseph Azize | 01 February 2006

A few years ago Australian Aboriginal communities were asked what they thought of euthanasia. Their response was thoughtful, deep and negative.

Neutrality follies

Richard Bastien | 16 January 2006 | 2

Canada’s chief justice reckons morals are “subjective, arbitrary and unworkable”. Hmm. It’s an interesting principle for drafting laws.

Breaking the spirit

Michael Cook | 03 January 2006

A government's legitimate need to interrogate terror suspects must not be allowed to slide into inhumane torture, argues Marc Zarrouati in this MercatorNet interview.

Tipping the balance

Dwight Duncan | 22 July 2005

Distinguished, polite, intelligent, poised, competent, honest and direct: the press has run out of adjectives to describe President Bush's Supreme Court nominee. What should we really be looking for?

Deadly tricks

Michael Cook | 08 July 2005

The true story of how British doctors have been manipulated into giving their support to euthanasia.

Truth or consequences

Michael Cook | 17 June 2005

What philosophy can justify the abuse of enemy combatants in Guantanamo Bay? The same one which justifies stem cell research and euthanasia.

Tolerance and her children

Carolyn Moynihan | 10 June 2005

Young Germans are using shock tactics to rattle the liberalism of their parents, and sending a message about tolerance to the West.

The thorny issue of politicians and conscience

John A. Gueguen, Jr | 10 June 2005

Last year's presidential campaign saw many Catholic politicians tiptoeing through a minefield of moral issues. Could it happen again?

Will e-voting put an end to fraud?

Bob Moniot | 26 November 2004

Bev Harris is on the warpath. What has gotten this fifty-something grandmother riled, turning her into a headline-grabbing activist and investigative journalist?

The most striking map of the American election was the distribution of blue Kerry counties and red Bush counties. What it shows is a fringe of blue within a few miles of the West Coast beaches, a ribbon of blue along the Mississippi and a stub of New England blue, along with a few Kerry counties in the immense Southwest. But basically there was a vast hinterland of red, stretching from East to West. Even in states which Kerry carried easily like Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York, specks of blue float in a sea of red.

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