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

There is only one ‘Olympic value’: win, win, win

Spiked | 11 August 2008

The assault on China even for its ‘gold medal culture’ exposes the mad mix of moral disdain and moral relativism behind China-bashing.

Pauline Kael & trash cinema

National Post | 10 August 2008

Will Smith's films are the endgame of a critic's take on Bonnie and Clyde

Falling Upwards

World Affairs Journal | 09 August 2008

America’s staying power has been regularly and chronically underestimated

Talking to the Plumber

National Review | 08 August 2008

The rise of the smartocracy.

How to Get the Biggest Bang for 10 Billion Bucks

Wall Street Journal | 07 August 2008

Bjorn Lomborg has a few suggestions.

Sleep on it

Scientific American Mind | 06 August 2008

During slumber, our brain engages in data analysis, from strengthening memories to solving problems.

The Struggle for Russia’s Soul

Stratfor | 06 August 2008

Solzhenitsyn's vision may be coming true in today's Russia

Stoooopid

London Times | 05 August 2008

Why the Google generation isn’t as smart as it thinks

Mind Wars

National Post | 05 August 2008

Why does the media continue to buy into the myth of ignorant conservatives and enlightened liberals?

Sarah Conlon

The Economist | 05 August 2008

A campaigner for the innocent, died on July 19th, aged 82

Lonely voice of dissent declared valid

Sydney Morning Herald | 01 August 2008

Reactions to an embarrassing report on climate change.

Practice Makes Perfect

Weekly Standard | 01 August 2008

Why wait for Mother Nature to improve us? Why not improve ourselves?

Ignore this missive from our downbeat doctors

Spiked | 31 July 2008

The British Medical Journal’s insistence that people should have fewer children speaks to our misanthropic, Malthusian, baby-fearing times.

Christopher Nolan’s Achievement: The Dark Knight

First Things | 28 July 2008

A film about redemption.

Online, R U really reading?

New York Times | 28 July 2008

First in a series looking at how the Internet is changing the way people read.

Today the Vatican, tomorrow the world

The Australian | 25 July 2008

Australia's new prime minister doesn't mind being seen as a man of faith.

Monbiot’s metamorphosis

Spiked | 25 July 2008

Today, environmentalists like Guardian columnist George Monbiot are adding a gloss of "scientific truth" to elite prejudices and fears.

Advice Squad

New York Times | 23 July 2008

Why bother reading best-selling self-help books from cover to cover when you can read this?

The pornification of girlhood

Quadrant Magazine | 22 July 2008

Girls and their bodies have borne the brunt of 20th century social change, and we ignore that fact at our peril.

The web is the most conservative force on Earth

Spectator (UK) | 22 July 2008

Digital technology has made us a society of mass archivers.

Hollywood’s Hero Deficit

The American | 21 July 2008

The movie industry no longer aspires to portray genuine heroism—even though that’s precisely what audiences want to see.

From power suits to pinnies

Times Online | 21 July 2008

The dream of being a corporate high-flyer is losing its appeal for women with children.

Obituary: John Templeton

The Economist | 20 July 2008

An investor who went long on God.

The Return of Religion

Axess | 20 July 2008

God has fled, but he is not dead, says Roger Scruton

In Japan, Buddhism May Be Dying Out

New York Times | 19 July 2008

“If Japanese Buddhism doesn’t act now, it will die out,” says a priest.

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