http://www.mercatornet.com/ An on-line voice for human dignity. We stand for reframing ethical and policy debates in terms of human dignity, not dollars and cents or political calculation. webmaster@mercatornet.com editor@mercatornet.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/books/review/Schuessler-t.html?nl=books&emc=booksupdateemb3 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/take_this_job_and_write_it/#When:02:40:25Z Why are there so few novels about the world of work? New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/books/review/Schuessler-t.html?nl=books&emc=booksupdateemb3 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:40:25 GMT New York Times http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703915204575103791369415182.html?KEYWORDS=Wilken http://www.mercatornet.com/site/rescuers_not_invaders/#When:01:26:16Z The strange history of failed attempts to resist Islam's spread Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703915204575103791369415182.html?KEYWORDS=Wilken Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:26:16 GMT Wall Street Journal http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2010/03/how-i-found-god-and-peace-with-my-atheist-brother.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/how_i_found_god_and_peace_with_my_atheist_brother/#When:23:43:25Z Why Peter Hitchens believes and Christopher doesn't Mail on Sunday http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2010/03/how-i-found-god-and-peace-with-my-atheist-brother.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:43:25 GMT Mail on Sunday http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/03/the-case-against-the-hockey-stick/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_case_against_the_hockey_stick/#When:22:55:33Z The "hockey stick" graph is a mainstay of global warming science. A new book tells of one man's efforts to dismantle it—and deserves to win prizes Prospect http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/03/the-case-against-the-hockey-stick/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:55:33 GMT Prospect http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/do-you-miss-him-yet/?em http://www.mercatornet.com/site/do_you_miss_him_yet/#When:04:09:25Z W., that is. Stanley Fish, of all people, does. New York Times http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/do-you-miss-him-yet/?em Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:09:25 GMT New York Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/minette_marrin/article7052537.ece http://www.mercatornet.com/site/unwanted_men_we_need_you_to_curb_the_welfare_amazons/#When:03:20:33Z We have stacked the deck against poor men, says a (woman) columnist. London Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/minette_marrin/article7052537.ece Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:20:33 GMT London Times http://chronicle.com/article/What-Darwins-Doubters-Get/64457/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/philosophers_rip_darwin/#When:23:04:04Z It's not just creationists who have doubts. Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/article/What-Darwins-Doubters-Get/64457/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:04:04 GMT Chronicle of Higher Education http://www.city-journal.org/2010/bc0305lv.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/what_drives_us/#When:03:39:21Z Fulfillment, not money, says Daniel Pink’s new study. City Journal http://www.city-journal.org/2010/bc0305lv.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:39:21 GMT City Journal http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23726?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Emailmarketingsoftware&utm_content=92438541&utm_campaign=March252010issue+_+otjutr&utm_term=TheWizard http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_wizard/#When:00:22:17Z Is the most important influence upon Avatar the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz? New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23726?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Emailmarketingsoftware&utm_content=92438541&utm_campaign=March252010issue+_+otjutr&utm_term=TheWizard Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:22:17 GMT New York Review of Books http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8264/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/why_society_should_not_tolerate_suicide/#When:00:00:08Z The right of anyone to take his life is being legitimated by the assisted-suicide campaign. Spiked http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8264/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:08 GMT Spiked http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703915204575103481069258868.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/they_need_to_be_liberated_from_their_god/#When:23:31:39Z The tangled moral life of a paid spy for Israel, Christian convert and son of Hamas founder. Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703915204575103481069258868.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:31:39 GMT Wall Street Journal http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/opinion/07bayley.html?ref=global-home&pagewanted=all http://www.mercatornet.com/site/algebra_in_wonderland/#When:05:06:08Z Behind the weirdness of Lewis Carroll's classic. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/opinion/07bayley.html?ref=global-home&pagewanted=all Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:06:08 GMT New York Times http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15636231 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_worldwide_war_on_baby_girls/#When:01:25:16Z Technology, declining fertility and ancient prejudice are combining to unbalance societies The Economist http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15636231 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:25:16 GMT The Economist http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Waiting+hear+sorry/2643549/story.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/waiting_to_hear_were_sorry/#When:01:11:29Z Scientists are apologising for mistakes on global warming, why are journalists for defensive? The Ottawa Citizen http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Waiting+hear+sorry/2643549/story.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:11:29 GMT The Ottawa Citizen http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527506.100-where-do-atheists-come-from.html?full=true http://www.mercatornet.com/site/where_do_atheists_come_from/#When:00:59:08Z Time to accept that atheism, not God, is odd New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527506.100-where-do-atheists-come-from.html?full=true Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:59:08 GMT New Scientist http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-03/the-battle-for-abe-lincolns-soul/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_battle_for_abe_lincolns_soul/#When:22:15:22Z Surprise: Not All Historians Like Lincoln Vampire Novel Daily Beast http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-03/the-battle-for-abe-lincolns-soul/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:15:22 GMT Daily Beast http://www.slate.com/id/2246517/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/pinochet_and_bachelet/#When:07:45:17Z What's with all the French-sounding names in Chile? Slate http://www.slate.com/id/2246517/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:45:17 GMT Slate http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/in-search-of-a-jewish-narnia/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/in_search_of_a_jewish_narnia/#When:07:12:33Z The fantasy genre seems irreducably Christian, suggests Ross Douthat. New York Times http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/in-search-of-a-jewish-narnia/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:12:33 GMT New York Times http://www.city-journal.org/2010/20_1_otbie-john-kenneth-galbraith.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_galbraith_revival1/#When:05:06:45Z The aristocratic economist’s big-government ideas are back in vogue. City Journal http://www.city-journal.org/2010/20_1_otbie-john-kenneth-galbraith.html Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:06:45 GMT City Journal http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/opinion/02brooks.html?em http://www.mercatornet.com/site/why_did_norway_win_so_many_golds/#When:23:50:09Z Because some of them are made of steel New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/opinion/02brooks.html?em Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:50:09 GMT New York Times http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703740704575095704065365166.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/mexicos_separation_of_church_and_state/#When:23:48:03Z Will Mexico amend its Constitution to formally declare the country to be "laica"— meaning "secular." Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703740704575095704065365166.html Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:48:03 GMT Wall Street Journal http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/love-among-ruins http://www.mercatornet.com/site/love_among_the_ruins_of_haiti/#When:23:20:06Z Caring for orphans, ransoming hostages, burying the dead—it’s all in a day’s work for Father Rick Frechette. Weekly Standard http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/love-among-ruins Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:20:06 GMT Weekly Standard http://www.american.com/archive/2010/february/soul-music/#portal-top http://www.mercatornet.com/site/soul_music/#When:20:49:41Z Roger Scruton asks, How do we tell what music we should and should not encourage? The American (American Enterprise Institute) http://www.american.com/archive/2010/february/soul-music/#portal-top Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:49:41 GMT The American (American Enterprise Institute) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article7043753.ece http://www.mercatornet.com/site/bad_language_in_the_boffins_blogosphere/#When:04:14:49Z What drives people to be so vitiriolic in their comments? London Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article7043753.ece Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:14:49 GMT London Times http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/19/2824605.htm?sitethedrum http://www.mercatornet.com/site/memories_of_madeline/#When:00:49:31Z An Australian journalist remembers her stillborn daughter. ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/19/2824605.htm?sitethedrum Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:49:31 GMT ABC http://article.nationalreview.com/426405/when-responsibility-doesnt-pay/mark-steyn http://www.mercatornet.com/site/when_responsibility_doesnt_pay/#When:00:33:32Z Mark Steyn on Greek Armageddon NRO http://article.nationalreview.com/426405/when-responsibility-doesnt-pay/mark-steyn Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:33:32 GMT NRO http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1253631/BRENDA-ALMOND-Well-end-teenage-pregnancy-epidemic-admit-whats-REALLY-causing-it.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/whats_really_causing_britains_teen_pregnancy_epidemic/#When:22:58:22Z A philosophy professor tells it like it is. Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1253631/BRENDA-ALMOND-Well-end-teenage-pregnancy-epidemic-admit-whats-REALLY-causing-it.html Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:58:22 GMT Daily Mail http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/02/24/greece-as-political-time-bomb/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/greece_as_a_political_time_bomb/#When:03:22:14Z Is corruption so endemic that bankruptcy is inevitable? First Things http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/02/24/greece-as-political-time-bomb/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:22:14 GMT First Things http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8231/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/whats_so_progressive_about_sex_education/#When:03:16:43Z The idea that the sex-ed curriculum is pure and neutral, in contrast to faith schools’ alleged bigotry, is nonsense. Spiked http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8231/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:16:43 GMT Spiked http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/5797183/throw-it-in-a-stream.thtml http://www.mercatornet.com/site/throw_it_in_a_stream/#When:02:58:03Z Chinese mothers tell their stories of loss and love. Spectator (UK) http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/5797183/throw-it-in-a-stream.thtml Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:58:03 GMT Spectator (UK) http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/02/1156 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/are_there_harms_of_home_schooling/#When:09:41:19Z Critics of home-schooling need to be tutored about the nature of education and the family. Public Discourse http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/02/1156 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:41:19 GMT Public Discourse http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703503804575083453336699386.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/why_wont_anyone_clean_me/#When:09:30:00Z Most Americans tidy their refrigerators only once or twice a year. Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703503804575083453336699386.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:30:00 GMT Wall Street Journal http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2010/02/the-era-of-the-narcissist http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_era_of_the_narcissist/#When:00:31:39Z Fallout from the self-esteem movement. First Things http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2010/02/the-era-of-the-narcissist Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:31:39 GMT First Things http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100218/REVIEW/702189996 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/bringing_it_all_back_home/#When:22:15:55Z Does the astonishing volume of global remittances redeem the moral ambiguities of migrant labour? The National (Abu Dhabi) http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100218/REVIEW/702189996 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:15:55 GMT The National (Abu Dhabi) http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/15/tibet_is_no_shangri_la?page=full http://www.mercatornet.com/site/tibet_is_no_shangri-la/#When:23:05:08Z And the Dalai Lama is not what you think. Foreign Policy http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/15/tibet_is_no_shangri_la?page=full Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:05:08 GMT Foreign Policy http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/theres-no-such-thing-as-the-perfect-child/article1470176/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/theres_no_such_thing_as_the_perfect_child/#When:00:20:26Z A parent asked why I didn’t get prenatal testing. My son is the same as other kids. He just happens to have Down syndrome. Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/theres-no-such-thing-as-the-perfect-child/article1470176/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:20:26 GMT Globe and Mail http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/opinion/19brooks.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_power_elite/#When:23:38:41Z The days of the Yankee ascendancy are gone. But are we better off? New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/opinion/19brooks.html Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:38:41 GMT New York Times http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/02/1152 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/debt_and_the_current_crisis/#When:14:12:13Z It may be time to reconsider the long tradition that warned against the dangers of borrowing. Public Discourse http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/02/1152 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:12:13 GMT Public Discourse http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=46948.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/who_is_the_real_hero/#When:14:35:37Z Olympic gold medalist says his older brother with cerebral palsy is the real hero CTV http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=46948.html Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:35:37 GMT CTV http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1251777/Mercy-killing-Never-Ill-fight-like-lioness-darling-boy-.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/mercy_killing_never._ill_always_fight_like_a_lioness_for_my_darling_boy/#When:03:03:56Z Why do they give film stars knighthoods, and not this lady? Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1251777/Mercy-killing-Never-Ill-fight-like-lioness-darling-boy-.html Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:03:56 GMT Daily Mail http://www.pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=510 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/religion_among_the_millennials/#When:21:15:15Z Less Religiously Active Than Older Americans, But Fairly Traditional In Other Ways. Pew Forum http://www.pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=510 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:15:15 GMT Pew Forum http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-17/the-laziest-countries/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_24_laziest_countries/#When:22:35:12Z Welcome to the Couch Potato Olympics. The Daily Beast http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-17/the-laziest-countries/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:35:12 GMT The Daily Beast http://www.slate.com/id/2242662/?from=rss http://www.mercatornet.com/site/apple_vs._obama/#When:06:26:40Z Which is more important: politics or technology? Slate http://www.slate.com/id/2242662/?from=rss Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:26:40 GMT Slate http://edwardwasserman.com/2010/02/15/on-sending-physician-journalists-to-cover-disasters/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/on_sending_physician-journalists_to_cover_disasters/#When:03:35:41Z What should Sanjay Gupta have done? Wasserman http://edwardwasserman.com/2010/02/15/on-sending-physician-journalists-to-cover-disasters/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:35:41 GMT Wasserman http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7248065/Now-we-can-all-believe-in-ghostwriters.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/now_we_can_all_believe_in_ghostwriters/#When:07:45:11Z There's more to a book than the name on its cover. London Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7248065/Now-we-can-all-believe-in-ghostwriters.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:45:11 GMT London Telegraph http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2010/01/remarkable-personal-free http://www.mercatornet.com/site/young_and_wasted/#When:23:44:02Z The baby boomers had everything, but they squandered it all. Now their children are paying for it New Statesman http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2010/01/remarkable-personal-free Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:44:02 GMT New Statesman http://www.newsweek.com/id/233413/page/1 http://www.mercatornet.com/site/why_harvard_student_should_study_more_religion/#When:11:43:10Z The idea of teaching religion to Harvard undergrads has been rejected as "unreasonable." Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/id/233413/page/1 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:43:10 GMT Newsweek http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704041504575045334195791838.html?mod=googlenews_wsj http://www.mercatornet.com/site/scientist_behaving_badly/#When:10:48:31Z Not the proudest of week for science. Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704041504575045334195791838.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:48:31 GMT Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204575039150739864666.html http://www.mercatornet.com/site/did_i_get_married_too_young/#When:01:17:51Z Marriages of people in their early to mid-20s are not nearly as risky as you think. Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204575039150739864666.html Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:17:51 GMT Wall Street Journal http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/books/review/Wheatcroft-t.html?ref=global-home http://www.mercatornet.com/site/why_orwell_endures/#When:23:23:12Z ... even 60 years after his death New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/books/review/Wheatcroft-t.html?ref=global-home Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:23:12 GMT New York Times