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

Enough With the Sweet Talk

New York Times | 17 November 2008

How should you feel if your book is over-rated? 

The Child Trap

The New Yorker | 16 November 2008

The rise of overparenting.

I come to hail chief, not bury him

Australian | 15 November 2008

This President will have a better place in history than most of his critics.

Death to the apostrophe!

London Telegraph | 15 November 2008

There is no chance of abolishing the apostrophe, but let's stop it spoiling our lives.

Physical Man

Weekly Standard | 15 November 2008

Is science the alternative to philosophy and art?

God and evolution can coexist

Guardian | 15 November 2008

By linking Darwin so stridently with atheism, Richard Dawkins does public understanding of evolutionary theory a disservice.

The Coming Kulturkampf

First Things | 15 November 2008

A Catholic priest asks if Christians are called to be useful in society or transform it.

In Troubling Economic Times, Consumers Flock to Online Psychics

Wired | 12 November 2008

"People want the illusion of control."

The Obama fantasy

Foreign Policy | 12 November 2008

Kenya’s fixation represents escapism for a country beset by political dysfunction.

Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases

Wired | 12 November 2008

With all due respect, at the end of the day, it's not rocket science.

New forces from this maelstrom

Australian | 10 November 2008

Technology is ushering in a new golden age for humankind, says Rupert Murdoch.

When Does Human Life Begin?

Westchester Institute | 10 November 2008

Science says, the moment of conception.

We Can’t All Make the Grade

Standpoint | 09 November 2008

Educational romanticism is devastating for schoolchildren.

Rising Ambitions, Sinking Population

New York Times | 08 November 2008

How long can Russia strike fear into the world with a shrinking population?

Preventing national suicide

Melanie Phillips | 08 November 2008

Obama is just like Tony Blair. Uh-oo! 

How Obama Lured Millions of Religious Voters

Wall Street Journal | 08 November 2008

The president-elect forged a new coalition by luring millions of religious voters who had avoided Democrats in recent years.

This is OK! This isn’t ;)

Guardian | 06 November 2008

The linguistic police should leave exclamation marks alone, and focus their efforts on text-crime.

Chic to be cheap

The Wall Street Journal | 05 November 2008

A slowing economy makes conspicuous spending a thing of the past.

Out of hiding, some Kosovars embrace Christianity

Reuters | 04 November 2008

For centuries, some Albanian Muslims were secretly Catholic. Now they are coming back.

Teens who watch more sex on TV, more likely to become pregnant

London Telegraph | 04 November 2008

Groundbreaking study of US teens who watch shows filled with sex, catches up to common sense.

The Human Failings of Genius

03 November 2008

Even the great genius of Albert Einstein stumbled when it came to calculations.

How Humanitarian Intervention Failed the World

Foreign Policy | 02 November 2008

Interventions virtually never resolve humanitarian crises.

The real Robinson Crusoe

Telegraph (UK) | 02 November 2008

An archeological dig confirms his campsite on an island off the Chilean coast.

A Right Above All Others

Azure | 01 November 2008

Why the protection of life should take precedence in formulating foreign policy.

The self-esteem trap

Globe and Mail (Canada) | 31 October 2008

Praise your kids for making an effort, not for being smart.

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