Sleep is for wimps or is it?

Carolyn Moynihan | 19 August 2005

The simple fact that most of us are sleep deprived could be the cause of much family tension and psychological angst.

How to fix binge drinkers - give them more booze

Michael Kirke | 19 August 2005

The governments of Ireland and Britain are snatching at straws in their efforts to curb binge drinking by teenagers.

Coping with affluenza

Michael Cook | 12 August 2005

Believe it or not, many people find that their joy-to-stuff ration is much, much too low after they inherit their parents' estate.

The death of Theory

Michael Cook | 12 August 2005 | comment 1

For 25 years or more, the humanities have been in thrall to post-modernist Theory. Now its empire seems to be breaking up.

Rapping for life

Carolyn Moynihan | 12 August 2005

A hip-hop artist with a background in action-comedy films is causing a stir with his song and video about a prenatal brush with abortion.

Which is dumber, your horoscope or your lucky numbers?

Christopher Martin | 12 August 2005 | comment 1

There are superstitions and there are superstitions. Some are marginally more sensible than others.

Do shoot-to-kill orders make sense?

William Keenan | 05 August 2005

British police killed an innocent man on a morning communter train, thinking that he might have been a suicide bomber. It was a tragic and unnecessary blunder.

Who’s in charge of violent video games?

Carolyn Moynihan | 05 August 2005

The designers of video games are often unscrupulous. Industry ratings lack teeth. Governments feel it's all too hard. The last line of defence is mom and dad.

Single-sex schooling

Andrew Mullins | 03 August 2005

Comparing the benefits of single-sex education and coeducation.  

Can the IRA break with its past?

Michael Kirke | 03 August 2005

The IRA says that it has turned its back on bombs and guns. That's two steps forward, but be prepared for one step backwards.

Dame Cicely Saunders

Michael Cook | 30 July 2005

The remarkable woman who founded the modern hospice movement died this month in the institution she founded.

The great brain robbery

Carolyn Moynihan | 29 July 2005

What do drugs do the developing teenage brain? Trevor Grice talks to MercatorNet about the latest news on recreational drugs and why The Great Brain Robbery is the most stolen book in his home country, New Zealand.

The dictatorship of moral relativism

Christopher Martin | 29 July 2005

The Pope has warned of the emergence of a dictatorship of moral relativism. But how can having no fixed principles be a dangerous principle?

March of the Penguins

William Park | 29 July 2005 | comment 1

A spell-binding French documentary chronicles the saga of the journey of emperor penguins across the Antarctic to breed and feed.

Rewriting the book about African development

Seamus Grimes | 29 July 2005

The world needs a deeper philosophical approach towards development policy if we are to deal with the crushing problems of Africa.

Page 59 of 66 : « First  <  57 58 59 60 61 >  Last »

2008 latest

November

October

top issues

other issues

free updates

Email