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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.mercatornet.com/Newsletterv0810/newsletters/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/super_bowling_for_life/#When:02:26:01Z Super Bowl and the ‘choice’ controversy. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/Newsletterv0810/newsletters/" title="Permalink to 'Super Bowling for Life'">Read more...</a></div> http://www.mercatornet.com/Newsletterv0810/newsletters/ Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:26:01 GMT http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_geek_with_cheek/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/a_geek_with_cheek/#When:07:00:36Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/billgatesatdavos0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />What right has Bill Gates to dress down Italy and its prime minister? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_geek_with_cheek/" title="Permalink to 'A geek with cheek'">Read more...</a></div> Vincenzina Santoro http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_geek_with_cheek/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:00:36 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/germanys_awful_choice/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/germanys_awful_choice/#When:06:37:38Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/bailout0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />In the not too distant future, Greece will probably default on its national debt. How will the EU's most powerful economy react? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/germanys_awful_choice/" title="Permalink to 'Germany’s awful choice'">Read more...</a></div> Marko Papic and Peter Zeihan http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/germanys_awful_choice/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:37:38 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/citizens_united_and_the_problem_of_modern_judicial_activism/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/citizens_united_and_the_problem_of_modern_judicial_activism/#When:06:32:01Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/gavel00.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Why the concept of &ldquo;strict scrutiny&rdquo; is alien to the Constitution and why it poses a threat to a constitutionally defensible judicial review. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/citizens_united_and_the_problem_of_modern_judicial_activism/" title="Permalink to 'Citizens United and the problem of modern judicial activism'">Read more...</a></div> Carson Holloway http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/citizens_united_and_the_problem_of_modern_judicial_activism/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:32:01 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/super_bowl_battle_abortion_a_pro_and_a_choice/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/super_bowl_battle_abortion_a_pro_and_a_choice/#When:00:37:30Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/tim-tebow0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Controversy over an ad for the big event makes you wonder what some folks mean by 'choice'. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/super_bowl_battle_abortion_a_pro_and_a_choice/" title="Permalink to 'Super Bowl battle:  abortion, a pro, and a choice'">Read more...</a></div> Sheila Liaugminas http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/super_bowl_battle_abortion_a_pro_and_a_choice/ Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:37:30 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/muslim_face_veils_religious_right_or_security_risk/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/muslim_face_veils_religious_right_or_security_risk/#When:00:14:10Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/face-veil0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />In an opening article on this issue an Australian journalist says veils are a security risk in the West and should be banned in public. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/muslim_face_veils_religious_right_or_security_risk/" title="Permalink to 'Muslim face veils: religious right, or security risk?'">Read more...</a></div> Angela Shanahan http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/muslim_face_veils_religious_right_or_security_risk/ Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:14:10 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/guttmachers_spin_on_teen_pregnancy/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/guttmachers_spin_on_teen_pregnancy/#When:08:32:38Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/going-up0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />If you count adolescents old enough to vote and enlist, sure the pregnancy rate went up. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/guttmachers_spin_on_teen_pregnancy/" title="Permalink to 'Guttmacher’s spin on ‘teen pregnancy’'">Read more...</a></div> Pia de Solenni http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/guttmachers_spin_on_teen_pregnancy/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:32:38 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/avatar_blues/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/avatar_blues/#When:03:49:52Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/avatar0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The film depresses by placing hope in a blind life force, not in human agency. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/avatar_blues/" title="Permalink to 'Avatar blues'">Read more...</a></div> Tony Curzon Price http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/avatar_blues/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:49:52 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/give_me_a_little_respect_baby_ooo/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/give_me_a_little_respect_baby_ooo/#When:23:31:59Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/respect0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The Australian state of Victoria has appointed a Minister for Respect. He might as well sing for it. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/give_me_a_little_respect_baby_ooo/" title="Permalink to 'Give me a little respect, baby, ooo…'">Read more...</a></div> Bill Muehlenberg http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/give_me_a_little_respect_baby_ooo/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:31:59 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/monaco_to_mongolia_population_density_and_prosperity/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/monaco_to_mongolia_population_density_and_prosperity/#When:03:18:57Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/people0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The next big population bogeyman could well be 'overcrowding'. Should we worry? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/monaco_to_mongolia_population_density_and_prosperity/" title="Permalink to 'Monaco to Mongolia: population density and prosperity'">Read more...</a></div> Vincenzina Santoro http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/monaco_to_mongolia_population_density_and_prosperity/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:18:57 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/read-only_ipad_as_a_consumer_device/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/read-only_ipad_as_a_consumer_device/#When:02:26:30Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/ipad0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The iPad could have played a major part in the shift towards a more democratised, read-write culture. But it hasn&rsquo;t happened: why not? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/read-only_ipad_as_a_consumer_device/" title="Permalink to 'Read-only: iPad as a consumer device'">Read more...</a></div> Marcus Gilroy-Ware http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/read-only_ipad_as_a_consumer_device/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:26:30 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/j_d_salingers_american_dream/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/j_d_salingers_american_dream/#When:04:25:45Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/salinger.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />A quest for authenticity that turned prolonged immaturity into an ideal. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/j_d_salingers_american_dream/" title="Permalink to 'J D Salinger’s American Dream'">Read more...</a></div> Barbara Kay http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/j_d_salingers_american_dream/ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:25:45 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/saving_the_lives_of_women_and_children/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/saving_the_lives_of_women_and_children/#When:02:40:28Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/harperdavos120.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The G8 appears set to take on the issues of child and maternal mortality. Can they do it while saving lives, not destroying them? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/saving_the_lives_of_women_and_children/" title="Permalink to 'Saving the lives of women and children'">Read more...</a></div> Brian Lilley http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/saving_the_lives_of_women_and_children/ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:40:28 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/state_of_the_union/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/state_of_the_union/#When:22:44:45Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src=" http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/Obama3_thumb.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Obama's speech offered soaring oratory that fell flat and fizzled. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/state_of_the_union/" title="Permalink to 'State of the Union'">Read more...</a></div> John Robson http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/state_of_the_union/ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:44:45 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/pure_cynicism/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/pure_cynicism/#When:05:18:26Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/abbott0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Horrors! The next prime minister of Australia might be a man who advocates virginity for young people. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/pure_cynicism/" title="Permalink to 'Pure cynicism'">Read more...</a></div> Carolyn Moynihan http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/pure_cynicism/ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:18:26 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/nine_lives_in_search_of_the_sacred_in_modern_india/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/nine_lives_in_search_of_the_sacred_in_modern_india/#When:01:31:05Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/dalrympleninelives0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />India may have the best of modern technology and a powerful economy, but it is deeply religious.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/nine_lives_in_search_of_the_sacred_in_modern_india/" title="Permalink to 'Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India'">Read more...</a></div> Francis Phillips http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/nine_lives_in_search_of_the_sacred_in_modern_india/ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:31:05 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/conservative_britain_i_dont_think_so/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/conservative_britain_i_dont_think_so/#When:08:30:08Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/thatcher0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Uneasy about social disintegration, Britons have yet to face the underlying causes. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/conservative_britain_i_dont_think_so/" title="Permalink to 'Conservative Britain? I don’t think so'">Read more...</a></div> Joanna Bogle http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/conservative_britain_i_dont_think_so/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:30:08 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/are_animals_persons/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/are_animals_persons/#When:02:05:49Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/dolphinsomerville0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />If we grant personhood to some animals, we will end up withdrawing it from some human beings. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/are_animals_persons/" title="Permalink to 'Are animals persons?'">Read more...</a></div> Margaret Somerville http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/are_animals_persons/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:05:49 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/haitis_earthquake_a_future_after_mercy/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/haitis_earthquake_a_future_after_mercy/#When:02:04:46Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/haitirubble0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Rebuilding Haiti is both a great challenge and a great opportunity. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/haitis_earthquake_a_future_after_mercy/" title="Permalink to 'Haiti’s earthquake: a future after mercy'">Read more...</a></div> Johanna Mendelson Forman http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/haitis_earthquake_a_future_after_mercy/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:04:46 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/ukraines_election_and_russian_resurgence/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/ukraines_election_and_russian_resurgence/#When:01:24:46Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/ukraine50.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />With the election on February 7 the Orange Revolution will shudder to a halt. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/ukraines_election_and_russian_resurgence/" title="Permalink to 'Ukraine’s election and Russian resurgence'">Read more...</a></div> Peter Ziehan http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/ukraines_election_and_russian_resurgence/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:24:46 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/chinas_cassandra_prophecy/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/chinas_cassandra_prophecy/#When:07:03:06Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/chinesewedding0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The Government&rsquo;s 2020 vision has been blind-sided by a think tank's report on its population policy disaster <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/chinas_cassandra_prophecy/" title="Permalink to 'China’s Cassandra prophecy'">Read more...</a></div> Constance Kong http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/chinas_cassandra_prophecy/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:03:06 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/benedict_and_the_synagogue_pius_and_the_holocaust/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/benedict_and_the_synagogue_pius_and_the_holocaust/#When:03:30:31Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/pope40.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Old controversies die hard, even in the face of facts. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/benedict_and_the_synagogue_pius_and_the_holocaust/" title="Permalink to 'Benedict and the synagogue, Pius and the Holocaust'">Read more...</a></div> Michael Coren http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/benedict_and_the_synagogue_pius_and_the_holocaust/ Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:30:31 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/finest_years/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/finest_years/#When:05:21:51Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/churchill-book.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Churchill was a giant among men and it is bracing to read of real leadership when so often we are led by pygmies. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/finest_years/" title="Permalink to 'Finest Years'">Read more...</a></div> Francis Phillips http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/finest_years/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:21:51 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/suffering_with_dignity/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/suffering_with_dignity/#When:04:33:00Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/dying0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />We must find meaning in dying, to make it the last great act of living. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/suffering_with_dignity/" title="Permalink to 'Suffering with dignity'">Read more...</a></div> Margaret Somerville http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/suffering_with_dignity/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:33:00 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_downside_of_risk_reduction/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_downside_of_risk_reduction/#When:22:58:56Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/condom.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Containing the STD epidemic by harm reduction robs people of hope that they can change their lives. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_downside_of_risk_reduction/" title="Permalink to 'The downside of risk reduction'">Read more...</a></div> Matthew Hanley http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_downside_of_risk_reduction/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:58:56 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/ugandas_gay_bill_and_the_cultural_imperialists/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/ugandas_gay_bill_and_the_cultural_imperialists/#When:03:58:46Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/uncle-sam0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The US is getting heavy handed over Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, but isn't there a double standard here? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/ugandas_gay_bill_and_the_cultural_imperialists/" title="Permalink to 'Uganda’s gay bill and the cultural imperialists'">Read more...</a></div> Martyn Drakard http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/ugandas_gay_bill_and_the_cultural_imperialists/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:58:46 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/searching_for_meaning_in_haiti/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/searching_for_meaning_in_haiti/#When:07:58:02Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/haitiwoman0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Is it really so stupid to ask why this had to happen to the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/searching_for_meaning_in_haiti/" title="Permalink to 'Searching for meaning in disaster'">Read more...</a></div> Michael Cook http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/searching_for_meaning_in_haiti/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:58:02 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_people_call_for_brown/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_people_call_for_brown/#When:04:33:30Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/scott_brown_120.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Shock and upset. The people have reclaimed the seat that once belonged to Ted Kennedy and they've given it to an unlikely victor. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_people_call_for_brown/" title="Permalink to 'The people call for Brown'">Read more...</a></div> Brian Lilley http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_people_call_for_brown/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:33:30 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/dating_to_be_different/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/dating_to_be_different/#When:01:42:50Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/hearts0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />When it comes to the hookup culture on college campuses, students are proving to be craven conformists. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/dating_to_be_different/" title="Permalink to 'Dating to be different'">Read more...</a></div> Viviana Garcia http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/dating_to_be_different/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:42:50 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_un_should_relocate_to_haiti/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_un_should_relocate_to_haiti/#When:01:05:48Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/haitibluehats0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The United Nations plans to spend US$1.9 billion to refurbish its Manhattan HQ. Why not relocate to Port-au-Prince instead? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_un_should_relocate_to_haiti/" title="Permalink to 'The UN should relocate to Haiti'">Read more...</a></div> Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_un_should_relocate_to_haiti/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:05:48 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/is_haiti_a_failed_state/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/is_haiti_a_failed_state/#When:04:49:15Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/haitigirl0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Will Haiti be able to recover from its disastrous earthquake? A Harvard expert on failed states speaks with MercatorNet. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/is_haiti_a_failed_state/" title="Permalink to 'Is Haiti a failed state?'">Read more...</a></div> Robert I. Rotberg http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/is_haiti_a_failed_state/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:49:15 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/50_years_of_the_pill/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/50_years_of_the_pill/#When:11:09:29Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/birthcontrolpills0.JPG" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />On May 9, 1960, the FDA took the momentous step of approving the contraceptive pill for birth control. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/50_years_of_the_pill/" title="Permalink to '50 years of the Pill'">Read more...</a></div> Jose A. Bufill http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/50_years_of_the_pill/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:09:29 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/medicine_that_makes_you_sick/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/medicine_that_makes_you_sick/#When:02:51:16Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/pill-logo.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />When will the medical establishment acknowledge the health risks associated with chemical contraceptives? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/medicine_that_makes_you_sick/" title="Permalink to 'Medicine that makes you sick'">Read more...</a></div> Robert F. Conkling http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/medicine_that_makes_you_sick/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:51:16 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/does_france_really_need_another_committee_of_public_safety/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/does_france_really_need_another_committee_of_public_safety/#When:03:30:19Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/galliclaw0.JPG" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The latest case of Big Brother activism comes from France. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/does_france_really_need_another_committee_of_public_safety/" title="Permalink to 'Does France really need another Committee of Public Safety?'">Read more...</a></div> Bill Muehlenberg http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/does_france_really_need_another_committee_of_public_safety/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:30:19 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/albinos_in_dread_of_a_dark_superstition/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/albinos_in_dread_of_a_dark_superstition/#When:01:40:50Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/albinoboy0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />In East Africa, albinos are being killed for their body parts and sold on the black market.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/albinos_in_dread_of_a_dark_superstition/" title="Permalink to 'Albinos in dread of a dark superstition'">Read more...</a></div> Martyn Drakard http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/albinos_in_dread_of_a_dark_superstition/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:40:50 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/mary_daly_feminist_orphan/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/mary_daly_feminist_orphan/#When:21:10:36Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/mary-daly0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />One of the most radical foes of patriarchy has died, apparently still estranged from God the Father. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/mary_daly_feminist_orphan/" title="Permalink to 'Mary Daly, feminist orphan'">Read more...</a></div> Carolyn Moynihan http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/mary_daly_feminist_orphan/ Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:10:36 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/is_death_better_than_disability/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/is_death_better_than_disability/#When:07:07:22Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/wheelchair0.JPG" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Whom better to ask than the disabled? They give some surprising answers. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/is_death_better_than_disability/" title="Permalink to 'Is death better than disability?'">Read more...</a></div> Michael Cook http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/is_death_better_than_disability/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:07:22 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/taliban_1_cia_0/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/taliban_1_cia_0/#When:06:06:46Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/albalawi0.JPG" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The loss of several CIA agents in an Afghanistan suicide bombing was the equivalent of losing an aircraft carrier.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/taliban_1_cia_0/" title="Permalink to 'Taliban 1, CIA 0'">Read more...</a></div> George Friedman and Scott Stewart http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/taliban_1_cia_0/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:06:46 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_dangerous_olsen_and_boies_precedent/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_dangerous_olsen_and_boies_precedent/#When:13:17:19Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/storymarry0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Two high-profile lawyers are challenging California's constitutional ban on gay marriage. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_dangerous_olsen_and_boies_precedent/" title="Permalink to 'The dangerous Olsen and Boies precedent'">Read more...</a></div> Jennifer Roback Morse http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_dangerous_olsen_and_boies_precedent/ Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:17:19 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/yeomanry_making_a_comeback/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/yeomanry_making_a_comeback/#When:12:09:58Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/yeoman0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />For reasons of technology, demography, culture, and efficiency, big is no longer necessarily better. Will the 21st century revive family businesses? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/yeomanry_making_a_comeback/" title="Permalink to 'Yeomanry making a comeback'">Read more...</a></div> Phillip Longman http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/yeomanry_making_a_comeback/ Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:09:58 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/banking_should_be_boring/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/banking_should_be_boring/#When:04:47:47Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/moneybags0.JPG" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Changing the rules of the game may help safeguard our money. But the most important reform is bankers' characters. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/banking_should_be_boring/" title="Permalink to 'Banking should be boring'">Read more...</a></div> Alejo José G. Sison http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/banking_should_be_boring/ Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:47:47 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_brave_new_world_of_chinese_power/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_brave_new_world_of_chinese_power/#When:00:59:22Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/chinesearmy0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Is there a good response to China's "resilient capitalist authoritarianism"? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_brave_new_world_of_chinese_power/" title="Permalink to 'The brave new world of Chinese power'">Read more...</a></div> Andy Yee http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_brave_new_world_of_chinese_power/ Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:59:22 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/we_nigerians_are_not_terrorists/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/we_nigerians_are_not_terrorists/#When:00:09:05Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/deltadetroit0.JPG" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The underpants bomber has brought shame upon his country and fellow Muslims.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/we_nigerians_are_not_terrorists/" title="Permalink to 'We Nigerians are not terrorists!'">Read more...</a></div> Nwachukwu Egbunike http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/we_nigerians_are_not_terrorists/ Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:09:05 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/forget_about_a_permanent_solution_to_terrorism/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/forget_about_a_permanent_solution_to_terrorism/#When:03:34:29Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/detroitbomber0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The fear of violating procedures cripples Western efforts to shut down low-level terrorism. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/forget_about_a_permanent_solution_to_terrorism/" title="Permalink to 'Forget about a permanent solution to terrorism'">Read more...</a></div> George Friedman http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/forget_about_a_permanent_solution_to_terrorism/ Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:34:29 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/ms_scrooge/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/ms_scrooge/#When:17:37:29Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/aynrandscrooge0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The Russian-American writer Ayn Rand sang the praises of egoism and spurned altruism as a philosophy for weaklings. How happy was she? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/ms_scrooge/" title="Permalink to 'Ms Scrooge'">Read more...</a></div> Charlie Hegarty http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/ms_scrooge/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:37:29 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_new_revelation/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_new_revelation/#When:08:25:18Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/brainreligion0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Have aeons of natural selection hardwired human beings to be religious? <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_new_revelation/" title="Permalink to 'The new revelation'">Read more...</a></div> Denyse O'Leary http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_new_revelation/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:25:18 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_witness_who_paid_the_price/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/a_witness_who_paid_the_price/#When:17:36:20Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/41p3FR3dJcL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />The German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was charismatic, courageous and controversial <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_witness_who_paid_the_price/" title="Permalink to 'A witness who paid the price'">Read more...</a></div> Francis Phillips http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_witness_who_paid_the_price/ Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:36:20 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_shock_and_awe_of_creation/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/the_shock_and_awe_of_creation/#When:03:16:15Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/bigbang0.JPG" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Are God and evolution really incompatible? Not if you examine the question carefully. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_shock_and_awe_of_creation/" title="Permalink to 'The shock and awe of creation'">Read more...</a></div> Leslie Tomory http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_shock_and_awe_of_creation/ Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:16:15 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/avatar_visually_stunning_morally_vapid/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/avatar_visually_stunning_morally_vapid/#When:03:50:32Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/avatar0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar offers hand-me down paganism and crass environmentalist politics. But, hey, visually, it's pretty cool. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/avatar_visually_stunning_morally_vapid/" title="Permalink to 'Avatar: visually stunning, morally vapid'">Read more...</a></div> Michael Coren http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/avatar_visually_stunning_morally_vapid/ Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:50:32 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/darwins_disciples_today/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/darwins_disciples_today/#When:15:26:18Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/darwinstamp0.JPG" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Political theorists of all hues claim that Darwin gives scientific credibility to their own theories. One of these is Peter Singer. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/darwins_disciples_today/" title="Permalink to 'Darwin’s disciples today'">Read more...</a></div> Carson Holloway http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/darwins_disciples_today/ Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:26:18 GMT Articles http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/lithuania_defies_eu_to_promote_family_values/ http://www.mercatornet.com/site/lithuania_defies_eu_to_promote_family_values/#When:22:19:56Z <div style="clear:both;"><img src="http://www.mercatornet.com/images/stories/lithuanianflag0.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="thumbnail" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" />Sidestepping critics, Baltic nation strengthens family-friendly law on public information. <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/lithuania_defies_eu_to_promote_family_values/" title="Permalink to 'Lithuania defies EU to promote family values'">Read more...</a></div> Bryan P. Bradley http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/lithuania_defies_eu_to_promote_family_values/ Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:19:56 GMT Articles