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Participate in MercatorNet's survey and tell us your feelings about November.

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Each fight can be a teachable moment.

Mary Cooney | Family Edge

The Middle East needs education and jobs for the young

And international help to make it possible.

Zahir Irani | features

The resistance of Christianity in its homelands

The separation of powers and a culture of rights already attract many Muslims.

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The striking similarities between The Bachelorette and porn

Romance or sex, both focus on one element of mate selection to the detriment of everything else.

Steven M. Harris | features

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Evidently we are all victims and survivors now.

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If they break into electronic voting machines, democracy is at risk

Karl D. Stephan | features

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Higher wages, higher inflation and higher interest rates?

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High-school test scores, college enrolments, and early-adult earnings suffer.

Jay Fitzgerald | Family Edge

Pope Francis’s six-fold response to jihadist terror

The narrative of the Islamic State feeds on a war with "Rome".

Austen Ivereigh | Above

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Even couch potatoes are moral participants in the Rio Games.

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Donald Trump is no saint but he and his supporters should be treated with more respect

Michael Cook | features

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Certain personality types are more likely to become glued to their screens

James A. Roberts | Connecting

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Can a person have two bodies?

Jennifer Minicus | Reading Matters

The humble family dinner

Five facts which show it might be the best thing you can do for your children.

Shannon Roberts | Demography is Destiny

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A political economist explains why the integration of markets is not in itself a bad thing.

Samuel Gregg | features

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A leading legal scholar interprets the popular films as parables about democracy

Ilya Somin | features

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The burden is just too much for a single city to bear

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Parents know that social media wreaks havoc on sleep and school work. But what about character?

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