Sensing the sacred
Margaret Somerville
| 25 May 2012 |
religion , sacred , secular
Is there a sense of the sacred that even the non-religious can share?
Could geoengineering save the planet?
Michael Cook
| 25 May 2012 |
bioethics , climate change , geoengineering
And who is thinking about the ethics of a technological quick fix?
A thought experiment about marriage
Stephen J. Heaney
| 24 May 2012 |
marriage , same-sex marriage
A world in which sexual intimacy could not produce children would never have come up with the idea of marriage.
Australia’s lifeline: its precarious sea lanes
George Friedman
| 23 May 2012 |
Australia , foreign policy , Stratfor
Large, isolated and rich, Australia needs to cultivate a friendship with the US to survive in an dangerous world.
It’s only natural
Zac Alstin
| 22 May 2012 |
morality , natural law , same-sex marriage
The bitterest debates today in the public square often turn on what is "natural". The Chinese sages had a lot to say about this.
Meet the genre master
Harley J. Sims
| 22 May 2012 |
comic books , film reviews
Joss Whedon is proving a master of popcorn with two films currently in the theatres, The Avengers and The Cabin in the Woods .
A chance to resuscitate Canadian politics
Douglas Farrow
| 21 May 2012 |
abortion , Canada , morality and law
Canada’s struggle with abortion legislation demonstrates that there is no such thing as law or politics not based on a philosophical and moral tradition.
No Biking in the House without a Helmet
Mary Cooney
| 21 May 2012 |
adoption , book reviews , large families
A rollicking account of a large and unusual family.
Too much information, too little thought
Carolyn Moynihan
| 18 May 2012 |
communications media , silence
There’s something more threatening to human communication than the digital divide.
Using time well in a networked world
Kevin de Souza
| 17 May 2012 |
family time , silence , social networking
While everyone may be getting a smartphone, not all are getting smarter.
You can tell it’s an election year when…
Denyse O'Leary
| 17 May 2012 |
2012 election , psychology
Some psychology researchers are demonizing or marginalizing voters with opposing views and calling it “science.”
Will France take a new strategic direction under Hollande?
George Friedman
| 16 May 2012 |
France , international relations
Will the new French president end up playing the Gaullist hand?
101 books Gen Ys must read before they die
Michael Cook
| 16 May 2012 |
book reviews , culture
Looking for controversy? Here it is: the must-read list for people who hate to read.
Without the marriage plot, what’s left of the novel?
Mark Bauerlein
| 15 May 2012 |
literature , marriage , post-modernism
When romance and marriage are entirely an individual thing the drama of the characters narrows accordingly.
Ottawa’s award-winning way of killing off childhood
Michael Coren
| 14 May 2012 |
Canada , childhood , sexual education
A tell-all exhibition in a national museum normalizes sexual experimentation for kids -- with government funding.
Better than IVF
Anthony J. Caruso
| 12 May 2012 |
bioethics , fertility , IVF
Infertility is a complex problem. But one thing is certain: don't make children a postscript to a career.
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