Red card for World Cup
hangers-on

Carolyn Moynihan | 13 June 2006

Well-publicised protests against forced prostitution around World Cup venues avoid the real problem.

Swan Town

G. Tracy Mehan III | 09 June 2006

A new children's novel about Shakespeare's daughter gives fascinating insights into Elizabethan England.

It’s about love

Carolyn Moynihan | 09 June 2006

A new book gives a voice to mothers who have defied medical advice to give birth to babies suspected of being disabled.

African families fighting Western pressures

Martyn Drakard | 09 June 2006

Family-unfriendly ideas are being imported from the West, but traditional African values are robust and resilient.

The MercatorNet IdeaFest
Dodos, dinosaurs and declining birth rates

Jennifer Roback Morse | 08 June 2006

In the first of an exclusive series of essays on soon-to-be-extinct ideas, an economist contends that small families are on the way out.

More than sport at stake

Walter Pless | 07 June 2006

The world's biggest sporting event is a reminder for the US of the potential benefits of soccer diplomacy.

FOCUS ON POSTMODERNISM What is the difference between King Lear and Ginger Meggs?

Barry Spurr | 02 June 2006 | comment 2

The real victims of PoMo are students who have never been introduced to the classics of English literature.

FOCUS ON POSTMODERNISM Australia’s wackiest postmodernists

James Franklin | 02 June 2006 | comment 1

It's easy to laugh off the fashion for PoMo, but harder to find a constructive solution.

FOCUS ON POSTMODERNISM PoMo’s unteachable suspicion

Philip Elias | 02 June 2006 | comment 1

A Sydney seminar on the impact of postmodernism upon education provides some thought-provoking reflections on a philosophy which pervades the teaching of liberal arts.

FOCUS ON POSTMODERNISM Your pocket guide to PoMo’s history

Martin Fitzgerald | 01 June 2006

Before all the hooha about postmodernism, there was something called modernism. What was all that about?

Everest or bust

Carolyn Moynihan | 01 June 2006

Getting to the top isn't everything in mountaineering — not if you have to walk past a dying man to reach your goal.

Mommy, what did you do during the war?

Daniel Mansueto | 31 May 2006

A war is being waged in Asia against unborn girls. Why aren't more people enlisting to fight for them?

Deep down, we’re all comic book nerds

Matthew Mehan | 29 May 2006

With X-Men 3: The Last Stand, the mutant superhero franchise seems to have run out of puff.

Friendly correspondence

Robert R. Reilly | 27 May 2006

The president of Iran recently challenged his American counterpart to mend his erring ways. Here's a draft response.

War without end

Martyn Drakard | 26 May 2006

Somalia's warring factions are destroying their country. Who or what can bring them to the negotiating table?

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