MercatorNet offers lively news and articles promoting human dignity. 2012-02-10T11:50:58+10:00 Copyright (c) 2006, MercatorNet tag:mercatornet.com,2006:10:11 tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10273 2012-02-09T07:05:54+00:00 2012-02-09T17:14:55+00:00 An edict from the Obama administration has ended the American experiment in religious liberty. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10276 2012-02-10T00:50:58+00:00 2012-02-09T20:28:59+00:00 The US makes a strong case that its military interventions in Pakistan are just and legal. Whether they’re good is another question. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10274 2012-02-09T21:03:33+00:00 2012-02-09T22:16:35+00:00 When a deadly habit becomes a useful tool in the parental armoury. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10271 2012-02-09T01:59:35+00:00 2012-02-09T21:47:36+00:00 Who is to blame for the moral ignorance of young adults, and what is to be done? 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Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10238 2012-01-30T08:16:36+00:00 2012-01-30T03:34:37+00:00 World War II was not a straightforward death grapple between good and evil, says an eminent military historian. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10236 2012-01-30T00:06:59+00:00 2012-02-01T16:17:00+00:00 A leading activist agrees that homosexual preferences are fluid and changing. If so, why do gays need special treatment? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10235 2012-01-29T22:39:47+00:00 2012-02-01T02:09:48+00:00 Indignation over sex-selection shows that abortion is not just a private matter. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10222 2012-01-26T21:06:05+00:00 2012-01-26T16:07:06+00:00 The United Nations must be the "defender of the defenceless", says Ban Ki-moon. Why not begin with the unborn? 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Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10201 2012-01-23T03:57:54+00:00 2012-01-24T03:17:55+00:00 The unanimous decision is a major setback for the Obama Administration. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10199 2012-01-23T01:27:07+00:00 2012-01-23T04:15:08+00:00 Advocating gay marriage as a way of enlarging the American sphere of liberty are profoundly—and deceptively—misrepresenting their aims. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10192 2012-01-19T23:30:36+00:00 2012-01-19T19:43:37+00:00 Powerful battle scenes but the ending takes too long to arrive. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2012:articles/4.10191 2012-01-19T13:39:21+00:00 2012-01-23T03:37:22+00:00 The 24-hour shut-down of Wikipedia was a bold gesture which proved what, exactly? Read more...]]>