Michael Cook

Michael Cook likes bad puns, bushwalking and black coffee. He did a BA at Harvard University in the US where it was good for networking, but moved to Sydney where it wasn’t. He also did a PhD on an obscure corner of Australian literature. He has worked as a book editor and magazine editor and has published articles in magazines and newspapers in the US, the UK and Australia. Currently he is the editor of BioEdge, a newsletter about bioethics, and MercatorNet.

FOCUS ON THE DA VINCI CODE Offensive? Probably. A dud? For sure.

Michael Cook | 18 May 2006

Despite the hype, the year's most-awaited film is unlikely to win any Oscars.

Why I love my spam

Michael Cook | 13 May 2006

It's a bit like the hurricanes and droughts of global warming: in our lifetime, we're destined to live with spam. Instead of complaining, why not enjoy it?

Freud or Fraud?

Michael Cook | 11 May 2006

It's hard to imagine contemporary society without Oedipus complexes, defence mechanisms, Freudian slips, and the psychiatrist's couch. But Dutch psychologist Gerard van den Aardweg is not cracking the champagne on Sigmund Freud's 150th birthday.

The very profitable business of creating babies

Michael Cook | 7 Apr 2006

"Miracle babies" in the arms of beaming mothers are great public relations for the IVF industry. And a great money-spinner, too.

Profiles in conscientious objection

Michael Cook | 11 Mar 2006

55 American Congressmen and women have made a stand on religion, conscience and abortion. It may be smart politics, but it's sloppy thinking.

EVOLUTION SPECIAL ISSUE
The limits of science

Michael Cook | 14 Feb 2006

Intelligent Design is compatible with Christian theology, but it is not the only such approach to evolution that is. A philosopher clarifies his views.

Blasphemy, protest and freedom

Michael Cook | 11 Feb 2006

The Danish cartoon furore makes it clear that Enlightenment values will not enable the West to dialogue with Islam. But there is a way forward, as Christians have already demonstrated.

Killing me softly with his song

Michael Cook | 18 Jan 2006

Euthanasia is back in the news. And no one is more qualified to lead the movement into the 21st century than Philip Nitschke.

No more business as usual for stem cell research

Michael Cook | 12 Jan 2006

Revelations of fraud and unethical conduct in the world’s leading embryonic stem cell lab could lead to a rethink of stem cell ethics.

Breaking the spirit

Michael Cook | 3 Jan 2006

A government's legitimate need to interrogate terror suspects must not be allowed to slide into inhumane torture, argues Marc Zarrouati in this MercatorNet interview.

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