http://www.mercatornet.com/ MercatorNet offers lively news and articles promoting human dignity. webmaster@mercatornet.com editor@mercatornet.com http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/12/4440 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_postmodern_pedophile#When:05:38:42Z Meet the academics who try to redefine pedophilia as “intergenerational intimacy.” Public Discourse http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/12/4440 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:38:42 GMT Public Discourse http://www.economist.com/node/21542195 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/christians_and_lions#When:05:27:08Z Christianity continues to grow and to be persecuted The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/21542195 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:27:08 GMT The Economist http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/12/2217 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_argument_against_gay_marriage_and_why_it_doesnt_fail#When:08:02:15Z Robert P George and others defend their recent article "What Is Marriage?" Public Discourse http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/12/2217 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:02:15 GMT Public Discourse http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/12/19/why-remarry/why-the-ring-matters http://www.mercatornet.com/site/why_the_ring_matters#When:07:33:43Z Brad Wilcox contributes to a debate about remarriage. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/12/19/why-remarry/why-the-ring-matters Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:33:43 GMT New York Times http://www.city-journal.org/2010/bc1112gr.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/undermining_the_free_society#When:06:24:55Z Kenneth Minogue warns of modern democracy’s threat to individual virtue. City Journal http://www.city-journal.org/2010/bc1112gr.html Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:24:55 GMT City Journal http://www.city-journal.org/2010/eon1202td.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/whats_really_wrong_with_wikileaks#When:06:21:38Z The dissolution of privacy is a fundamental aim of totalitarianism. City Journal http://www.city-journal.org/2010/eon1202td.html Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:21:38 GMT City Journal http://chronicle.com/article/Why-WikiLeaks-Is-Bad-for/125628 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/why_wikileaks_is_bad_for_scholars#When:01:51:08Z Information that can make or break our arguments is often classified. Chronicle of Higher Education Review http://chronicle.com/article/Why-WikiLeaks-Is-Bad-for/125628 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:51:08 GMT Chronicle of Higher Education Review http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/58031 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_cold_war_pope#When:01:44:14Z George Weigel's second volume on John Paul II. Policy Review http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/58031 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:44:14 GMT Policy Review http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/michael-oakeshott-on-rationalism-in-politics/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_philosopher_of_anti-isms#When:07:23:48Z Michael Oakeshott on Rationalism in Politics The Freeman http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/michael-oakeshott-on-rationalism-in-politics/ Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:23:48 GMT The Freeman http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h2KhU9ZJQ3fQKJYrdH4hjFe-OrXg http://www.mercatornet.com/site/which_is_the_worlds_greenest_state#When:09:33:21Z The Vatican AFP/Google News http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h2KhU9ZJQ3fQKJYrdH4hjFe-OrXg Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:33:21 GMT AFP/Google News http://www.scribd.com/Robert-George-et-al-on-What-is-Marriage/d/44871707 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/what_is_marriage_really#When:02:34:51Z A scholarly examination of the question. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy http://www.scribd.com/Robert-George-et-al-on-What-is-Marriage/d/44871707 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 02:34:51 GMT Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/dec/23/death-sentence/?page=1 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/on_the_death_sentence#When:02:57:12Z Why does America retain this "peculiar institution"? New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/dec/23/death-sentence/?page=1 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:57:12 GMT New York Review of Books http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/ray-kurzweils-slippery-futurism/0 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/ray_kurzweils_slippery_futurism#When:02:48:00Z People call him a tech visionary, but up close many of his prophecies don't look so good Spectrum http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/ray-kurzweils-slippery-futurism/0 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:48:00 GMT Spectrum http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/christine-whelan/manners-make-the-mannequin http://www.mercatornet.com/site/manners_make_the_mannequin#When:03:47:17Z Is being polite honest? Young adults aren’t quite sure. Big Questions Online http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/christine-whelan/manners-make-the-mannequin Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:47:17 GMT Big Questions Online http://www.economist.com/node/17632939?story_id=17632939 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/turkeys_beleaguered_christians#When:03:39:47Z Some, but not all, want to improve the lot of Christians in Turkey The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/17632939?story_id=17632939 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:39:47 GMT The Economist http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Mises-Economics-Blog/2010/1202/Green-economics-or-environ-mysticism http://www.mercatornet.com/site/green_economics_or_environ-mysticism#When:03:06:14Z Where is the line between environmental protection and 'environmysticsm'? Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Mises-Economics-Blog/2010/1202/Green-economics-or-environ-mysticism Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:06:14 GMT Christian Science Monitor http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/11/2099 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/just_the_facts_maam#When:02:42:02Z When a woman claims to be a man, should the university and the press play along? Public Discourse http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/11/2099 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:42:02 GMT Public Discourse http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-11-29-column29_ST_N.htm http://www.mercatornet.com/site/pope_benedict_the_enigma#When:22:44:36Z He only puzzles us if we don't start from the same page about faith. The thing is, he really believes the stuff. Really. USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-11-29-column29_ST_N.htm Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:44:36 GMT USA Today http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/health/views/30mind.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/a_fate_that_narcissists_will_hate_being_ignored#When:02:28:41Z The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has eliminated them. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/health/views/30mind.html Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:28:41 GMT New York Times http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/18/AR2010111804494.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/dont_touch_my_junk#When:23:43:08Z Wouldn't profilng be more sensible? asks Charles Krauthammer Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/18/AR2010111804494.html Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:43:08 GMT Washington Post http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/9940/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/our_brave_new_world_of_malthusian_madmen#When:00:52:17Z Why is homosexuality promoted as a check on population growth? Spiked http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/9940/ Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:52:17 GMT Spiked http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/11/15/harrison-solow-todays-generation-too-lazy-to-follow-their-dreams-up-with-work/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/following_your_dream_is_easy#When:00:38:12Z Don't you have to work to make it come true? National Post http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/11/15/harrison-solow-todays-generation-too-lazy-to-follow-their-dreams-up-with-work/ Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:38:12 GMT National Post http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/11/after_climategate_and_copenhagen http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_shadow_of_climategate#When:23:31:40Z Why is the dream fading? The Economist http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/11/after_climategate_and_copenhagen Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:31:40 GMT The Economist http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9929/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/praising_the_pope_patronising_africans#When:05:06:30Z It is crazy to believe that Benedict XVI can decide the fate of millions of Africans with one comment about condoms. Spiked http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9929/ Fri, 26 Nov 2010 05:06:30 GMT Spiked http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/technology/21brain.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/growing_up_digital_wired_for_distraction#When:08:20:10Z Computers and cellphones, and the constant stream of stimuli they offer, pose a profound new challenge to focusing and learning. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/technology/21brain.html Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:20:10 GMT New York Times http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/253910/marriage-just-evolving-david-and-amber-lapp#more http://www.mercatornet.com/site/is_marriage_just_evolving#When:08:14:29Z Perhaps Middle Americans are less confident in marriage than their more affluent peers because they have experienced more divorce, more fatherlessness, more relationship turnover. National Review http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/253910/marriage-just-evolving-david-and-amber-lapp#more Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:14:29 GMT National Review http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/11/interview&fsrc=nwl http://www.mercatornet.com/site/disappearing_languages#When:00:06:22Z We care if a cathedral is destroyed. Why not a language? Economist http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/11/interview&fsrc=nwl Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:06:22 GMT Economist http://www.slate.com/id/2275729/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/like_slate_but_infallible#When:07:45:10Z A peek inside L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. Slate http://www.slate.com/id/2275729/ Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:45:10 GMT Slate http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/11/whats-causing-the-cholera-epidemic-in-haiti-we-are/66769/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/whats_causing_the_cholera_epidemic_in_haiti_we_are#When:05:50:51Z Haiti's cholera outbreak is now a full-fledged humanitarian disaster, but at heart it is a management issue. The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/11/whats-causing-the-cholera-epidemic-in-haiti-we-are/66769/ Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:50:51 GMT The Atlantic http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/opinion/22douthat.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/irelands_paradise_lost#When:05:43:03Z Nowhere did the imaginations of utopians run so rampant, and nowhere did they receive a more stinging rebuke. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/opinion/22douthat.html Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:43:03 GMT New York Times http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/10/alasdair-macintyre-on-money/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/alasdair_macintyre_on_money#When:05:29:34Z The influential moral philosopher has long stood outside the mainstream. Has the financial crisis finally vindicated his critique of global capitalism? Prospect Magazine http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/10/alasdair-macintyre-on-money/ Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:29:34 GMT Prospect Magazine http://www.economist.com/node/17492838?story_id=17492838 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/japans_dearth_of_births#When:04:47:33Z Why are so few young Japanese willing to procreate? The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/17492838?story_id=17492838 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:47:33 GMT The Economist http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/18/children_of_the_mines http://www.mercatornet.com/site/children_of_the_mines#When:03:07:58Z Images of child laborers around the world. Foreign Policy http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/18/children_of_the_mines Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:07:58 GMT Foreign Policy http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ctaylor5/English http://www.mercatornet.com/site/solidarity_in_a_pluralist_age#When:06:41:47Z Charles Taylor believes that it is essential for the future of democracy. Project Syndicate http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ctaylor5/English Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:41:47 GMT Project Syndicate http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/phillip-longman/survival-of-the-godliest http://www.mercatornet.com/site/survival_of_the_godliest#When:22:57:03Z Does strong religious belief provide an evolutionary advantage? Big Questions Online http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/phillip-longman/survival-of-the-godliest Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:57:03 GMT Big Questions Online http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8133819/The-Pope-is-right-about-the-internet.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_pope_is_right_about_the_internet#When:04:58:16Z It's just a shame that those most in need of his thoughtfulness are precisely the people now scoffing at him on Twitter. London Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8133819/The-Pope-is-right-about-the-internet.html Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:58:16 GMT London Telegraph http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/simon-conway-morris/the-persistent-paradox-of-human-uniqueness http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_persistent_paradox_of_human_uniqueness#When:04:50:22Z Does the example of a forgotten Darwin critic have any lessons for us? Big Questions Online http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/simon-conway-morris/the-persistent-paradox-of-human-uniqueness Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:50:22 GMT Big Questions Online http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/11/2055 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/abortion_law_is_family_law#When:04:20:03Z Abortion law is usually seen as a matter of constitutional law. Is it time for that to change? Public Discourse http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/11/2055 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:20:03 GMT Public Discourse http://www.slate.com/id/2274938/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/continental_divide#When:04:06:34Z Europeans are starting to realize that their governments are too big. Will Americans catch on next? Slate http://www.slate.com/id/2274938/ Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:06:34 GMT Slate http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/02/the_end_of_christianity_in_the_middle_east http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_end_of_christianity_in_the_middle_east1#When:04:13:06Z A brutal bombing in Baghdad may be the final straw for this minority community. Foreign Policy http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/02/the_end_of_christianity_in_the_middle_east Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:13:06 GMT Foreign Policy http://www.familyscholars.org/assets/Why-Marriage-Matters-summary.pdf http://www.mercatornet.com/site/why_marriage_matters#When:02:54:41Z A summary of 26 conclusions from the social sciences. Family Scholars http://www.familyscholars.org/assets/Why-Marriage-Matters-summary.pdf Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:54:41 GMT Family Scholars http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2010/11/growth http://www.mercatornet.com/site/why_is_america_so_rich#When:02:45:32Z America's wealth could be chalked up to the fact that it's a uniquely large and uniform nation. The Economist http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2010/11/growth Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:45:32 GMT The Economist http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9867/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/think_the_earth_is_finite_think_again#When:00:40:50Z When modern Malthusians insist that resources are finite, they only expose their historical illiteracy, misanthropy and social pessimism. Spiked http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9867/ Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:40:50 GMT Spiked http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/roger-scruton/effing-the-ineffable http://www.mercatornet.com/site/effing_the_ineffable#When:00:55:29Z How do we express what cannot be said? asks Roger Scruton. Big Questions Online http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/roger-scruton/effing-the-ineffable Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:55:29 GMT Big Questions Online http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/10/11/101011crbo_books_surowiecki?currentPage=all http://www.mercatornet.com/site/later#When:00:39:47Z What does procrastination tell us about ourselves? The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/10/11/101011crbo_books_surowiecki?currentPage=all Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:39:47 GMT The New Yorker http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/dirty-coal-clean-future/8307/1/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/dirty_coal_clean_future#When:02:19:26Z If we are serious about global warming, America needs to work with China to build a greener future on a foundation of coal. The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/dirty-coal-clean-future/8307/1/ Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:19:26 GMT The Atlantic http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/large-hadron-collider/8117453/Start-of-the-Universe-mini-Big-Bang-recreated.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/start_of_the_universe#When:04:20:42Z A mini Big Bang is recreated in the Large Hadron Collider. London Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/large-hadron-collider/8117453/Start-of-the-Universe-mini-Big-Bang-recreated.html Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:20:42 GMT London Telegraph http://chronicle.com/article/A-Life-Beyond-Reason/125242/?sid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en http://www.mercatornet.com/site/a_life_beyond_reason#When:02:33:38Z It's hard to go past this article on disability Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/article/A-Life-Beyond-Reason/125242/?sid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:33:38 GMT Chronicle of Higher Education http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/25/foreign-aid-scoundrels/?pagination=false http://www.mercatornet.com/site/foreign_aid_for_scoundrels#When:00:37:15Z Why does the developed world still pour money into the coffers of dictators? New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/25/foreign-aid-scoundrels/?pagination=false Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:37:15 GMT New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/25/outstripping-news/?pagination=false http://www.mercatornet.com/site/outstripping_the_news#When:00:31:13Z 40 years of Doonesbury http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/25/outstripping-news/?pagination=false Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:31:13 GMT