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After hours and hours of exhausting surfing, we have found these useful links for MercatorNet readers.

The Obama Spell Is Broken

WSJ | 09 February 2010

One of the Wall Street Journal's most controversial articles, by Fouad Ajami.

Here There Be Monsters

Truthout | 09 February 2010

Bullying can scar people for life

In the World of Facebook

New York Review of Books | 09 February 2010

Is a news feed a substitute for a conversation?

A time for introspection

The Economist | 08 February 2010

Increasing scrutiny of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, in particular, its chairman, should lead to reforms

Gay rights: Don’t ask, don’t think

One News Now | 08 February 2010

A fatal flaw in the gay-rights argument.

Through a glass darkly

The Economist | 06 February 2010

The Conservatives—and apparently plenty of voters—think that Britain has a “broken society”. Does the claim stand up?

The IPCC: a Vatican for the twenty-first century?

Spiked | 06 February 2010

The problem with the IPCC is not that some of its science is dodgy, but the fact that it elevates science per se above politics and democracy.

The Culture of Narcissism

New York Times | 06 February 2010

In praise of Christopher Lasch's grim jeremiad on American culture.

Moving the Deck Chairs

New York Times | 06 February 2010

Renowned economist Joseph Stiglitz is not happy with US economic policy

When fiction breaks down

London Telegraph | 06 February 2010

Why does the world of work feature in so few modern stories?

That way, madness lies

The Economist | 05 February 2010

A new manual for diagnosing diseases of the psyche is about to be unveiled.

Should I take my own life?

Guardian (UK) | 04 February 2010

When Charlotte Raven was diagnosed with Huntington's disease, there seemed only one option.

Battling the Information Barbarians

Wall Street Journal | 04 February 2010

The tumultuous history behind the clash with Google.

Reengineering the Family

National Review Online | 03 February 2010

We can’t yet know the full consequences of our institutionalized severing of biology from parenthood.

‘Calvin and Hobbes’ creator looks back with no regrets

Cleveland Plain Dealer | 03 February 2010

'An artwork can stay frozen in time, but I stumble through the years like everyone else.'

Assisted suicide is not about consumer choice

London Telegraph | 02 February 2010

We cannot allow the euthanasia lobby to ride roughshod over the democratic process.

Sex Ed in Washington

New York Times | 02 February 2010

If the federal government wants to invest in the fight against teenage pregnancy, the funds should be available to states and localities without any ideological strings attached.

Why Salinger still speaks to us

Spiked | 02 February 2010

Salinger’s contribution to modern literature was a new kind of literary character struggling with the crisis and corrosion of The Individual.

Mothers in Combat Boots

Policy Review | 02 February 2010

Reassessing a military policy.

Crash Blossoms

New York Times | 02 February 2010

Ambiguity dogs headlines

Thinking Happy Thoughts at Work

Wall Street Journal | 30 January 2010

Happiness coaching is seeping into the workplace.

Laughter is a universal language

London Telegraph | 30 January 2010

Laughter is universally associated with being tickled and reflects the feeling of enjoyment of physical play.

Author of Catcher in the Rye dies at 91

New York Times | 29 January 2010

The end of the beginning of the generation gap.

How the world media failed ordinary Haitians

Prospect | 29 January 2010

Who rescued more people? Foreign sniffer dogs or ordinary people?

The rise and rise of eco-spirituality

Globe and Mail | 29 January 2010

More and more people are turning to Mother Gaia

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