Lessons from the twilight days of the liberal consensus

Godfrey Hodgson | 16 Mar 2010 |
tags: conservatism, liberalism, Obama, US Presidency

An inspiring candidate has become a failing president. But a comparison with Lyndon B Johnson shows that the reasons for this outcome are more than personal.

Bloodbath or bad blood?

Nwachukwu Egbunike | 15 Mar 2010 |
tags: clash of civilizations, Islam, Nigeria

Terrifying massacres in Nigeria are not a sign of a clash between the Christian and Muslim worlds.

Facing up to grown-up responsibilities

Alex Perrottet | 13 Mar 2010 |
tags: Facebook, privacy, social networking

Facebook has 400 million users. How responsible is it for the behaviour of its growing number of vandals and thugs?

A crime, a jury, a trial and Facebook

Sujata Saha | 13 Mar 2010 |
tags: abortion, Facebook, social networking

How a law student used Facebook to educate her friends about abortion.

Dignity offered up on the altar of technology

Brian Lilley | 13 Mar 2010 |
tags: full body scanners, security, terrorism

Full body scanners take away privacy, modesty and dignity. Do we have blind faith in technology?

Riled by the R-word

Barbara Kay | 11 Mar 2010 |
tags: disability, paraolympics

Disabled people need all the support we can give them. They don't need ideologues who teach that disability is a social construct.

Flat tires, diapers and school reform

Kevin Ryan | 10 Mar 2010 |
tags: education, Obama, school reform

Are federally mandated accountability and school choice going to join other attempts to change US schools in the junkyard of great ideas?

Swiss animals are in the catbird seat. How about the kids?

Clara Balestra | 9 Mar 2010 |
tags: animal rights, children's rights, Switzerland

Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to give animals a public defender. But children are still not adequately protected.

Women’s dignity: attending to the person

Carolyn Moynihan | 9 Mar 2010 |
tags: dignity, formation, status of women

In the information age a new generation of women awaits formation in the feminine powers of attention to the other and care for them. The third and last part of a symposium on improving the status of women by 2020.

Assessing JFK’s legacy to American Christians

Charles J. Chaput | 8 Mar 2010 |
tags: Catholic, faith in public life, John F. Kennedy

Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy gave an important speech about the role of Christians in public life. A Catholic Archbishop says that the damage he did was profound.

Why my 50,000 videogames are the art form of the future

Paco Ruiz | 5 Mar 2010 |
tags: art, Avatar, video games

Far from endangering the soul, immersion in the world of avatars can give us a glimpse of lost innocence.

After the quake, Chile shows its strengths

Pedro Dutour | 5 Mar 2010 |
tags: Chile, democracy, resilience

In Latin American terms, it couldn't have happened to a better country.

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