Culture wars and the political future of the US

Jennifer A. Marshall | 18 August 2009 | comment 5

The culture wars have not ended with the election of Obama, they will continue to shape American politics.

Children are worth having

Barbara Lilley | 17 August 2009 | comment 8

Are people who have children selfish? Would the world be better off if more of us were childless?

The business of looking after the family

Nuria Chinchilla | 07 August 2009 | comment 2

Only if they act responsibly towards the family can businesses and society at large thrive.

A daring Baltic ban on gay propaganda

Bryan P. Bradley | 31 July 2009 | comment 28

A new Lithuanian law aims to protect minors from information that could be harmful to them.

The expanding universe of mental illness

Theron Bowers | 30 July 2009 | comment 11

Will the new psychiatric bible be a victory for science, or politics?

‘I need to wait’

Christopher Blunt | 30 July 2009 | comment 4

Surprisingly good messages about teenage sex and parenthood surface in an MTV series.

India re-colonised: the march of Western values

Anjalee Lewis | 29 July 2009 | comment 6

The legalizing of homosexual relationships by a Delhi court shows that a global, secular culture is gaining ground.

Italy, land of earthquakes and elderly nonnas

Angela Shanahan | 25 July 2009 | comment 1

An Australian journalist sojourning in the L’Aquila region reflects on the quake that has been and the shake-up needed to stop Italians dying out.

So long, and thanks for all the mess

Rebekah Hebbert | 24 July 2009 | comment 35

A 20-year-old is pretty mad at the baby boomers - with good cause.

Messing with Mother Nature

Barbara Kay | 21 July 2009 | comment 4

The human species is changing but we're stuck on polar bears

Against the odds

Barbara Lilley | 20 July 2009 | comment 2

Diabetes is not a death sentence. A writer celebrates her 30th anniversary of being diabetic as a life affirming moment.

Medicating our pleasure and pain

Carolyn Moynihan | 18 July 2009

Can the drug problem be solved without curing the West’s insatiable appetite for a quick fix?

Gender equity at close quarters

Carolyn Moynihan | 07 July 2009 | comment 33

By mixing women and men on board, isn’t the navy asking for trouble?

Korea’s population crisis

Choi Seon-jeong | 01 July 2009 | comment 2

Korea is suffering from a national crisis of super-low fertility. The head of the Korean affiliate of Planned Parenthood explains why.

How to treat an unfaithful husband

Charles Sendegeya | 27 June 2009 | comment 49

Jenny Sanford is willing to forgive her husband and welcome him back - in time. Is that enough?

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