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Coronavirus pandemic is a disaster for the world, but a few good things might emerge from it

Coronavirus pandemic is a disaster for the world, but a few good things might emerge from it

by Charles Foster | March 23, 2020

25 screen-free educational activities for kids

by Mary Cooney | March 24, 2020

My children finished their schoolwork.  Now what?

by Jennifer Minicus | March 24, 2020

The twisted optimism of the miserabilists

by Michael Cook | March 23, 2020

Top tips for managing, educating and playing with children at home

by Shannon Roberts | March 23, 2020

Coronavirus reading: the mystery of the murder mystery’s appeal

by Karl D. Stephan | March 23, 2020

Withdrawing artificial hydration and nutrition can be ethically complex

by Margaret Somerville | March 23, 2020

RIP Europe, 312 – 2020. We had a good run

by Laura Perrins | March 20, 2020

New Zealand redefines abortion as healthcare – except for babies born alive after ‘the procedure’

by Carolyn Moynihan | March 20, 2020

Coronavirus reading: ‘In spite of everything, say Yes to life’

by Michael Cook | March 20, 2020

Rediscovering a sense of community

by Barbara Kay | March 19, 2020

Hiding in plain sight: foiling face-recognition technology

by Karl D. Stephan | March 19, 2020

Is the 21st century West a decadent society?

by Marcus Roberts | March 19, 2020

Pandemic panic: Where is God in our current crisis?

by Kurt Mahlburg | March 19, 2020

Why so many epidemics originate in Asia and Africa – and why we can expect more

by Suresh V Kuchipudi | March 18, 2020

The endless ingenuity of the P.T. Barnum of assisted suicide

by Michael Cook | March 18, 2020

Hold onto your hats, this looks serious…

by Marcus Roberts | March 18, 2020

We are not making this up

by Michael Cook | March 17, 2020

Lessons from a global healthquake

by Michael Cook | March 16, 2020

A high tide for utilitarianism with the coronavirus pandemic

by Michael Cook | March 16, 2020

Will the Coronavirus spike births?

by Lyman Stone | March 16, 2020

Abortion: no right to choose for nurses, no choice for mothers

by Ann Farmer | March 16, 2020

A Nazi drug’s US resurgence: How meth is making a disturbing reappearance

by Richard Gunderman | March 16, 2020

‘All will be well’? Only if the world acts to stop COVID

by Chiara Bertoglio | March 15, 2020

Teaching about love and friendship, with Shakespeare

by Carolyn Moynihan and Travis Curtright | March 13, 2020

Weinstein’s in prison - is fashion turning a leaf?

by Carolyn Moynihan | March 13, 2020

Tips for talking to your kids about sex: the elementary school years

by Cana Vox | March 13, 2020

The truth about trans must be defended

by Mei Ling | March 12, 2020

Free stuff and aspirational rights

by J. Budziszewski | March 12, 2020

The two countries with the greatest commitment to democracy

by Shannon Roberts | March 12, 2020

After ‘effective altruism’

by Michael Cook | March 11, 2020

Why has coronavirus largely spared Africa?

by Mathew Otieno | March 11, 2020

Being old in a time of coronavirus

by Chiara Bertoglio | March 11, 2020

BBC sneer as Putin backs proper marriage

by Will Jones | March 11, 2020

Embedding LGBT ideology in the curriculum carries serious risks for young people

by Belinda Brown | March 10, 2020

Australia needs a public inquiry into transgender medicine for kids

by Michael Cook | March 10, 2020

If 90% of people are biased against women, is feminism useless?

by Carolyn Moynihan | March 09, 2020

International Women’s Day: marking the unremarkable woman – or disappearing her?

by Ann Farmer | March 09, 2020

Panic in the supermarket

by Srećko Horvat | March 09, 2020

Is Elizabeth Warren a closet Pro-lifer? Did that do her campaign in?

by M. T. Oates | March 09, 2020

The unlikely message of hope in ‘The Invisible Man’

by Sophia Martinson | March 08, 2020

Misleading myths of feminism ignore the human heart

by Katherine Baker | March 08, 2020

Parts of Europe are already “fading from the map”

by Shannon Roberts | March 07, 2020

‘Dark Waters’: how an American icon poisoned a town

by Luisa Cotta Ramosino | March 06, 2020

After Weinstein, the rules of intimacy come full circle

by Carolyn Moynihan | March 06, 2020

Dry ice and indoor pools don’t mix

by Karl D. Stephan | March 06, 2020

The effect of families on a neighbourhood

by Marcus Roberts | March 06, 2020

The long autumn of our content

by Nathanael Blake | March 05, 2020

Is the coronavirus epidemic increasing forced organ harvesting in China?

by Ruth Ingram | March 05, 2020

Why Louisiana’s abortion clinic bill protects women’s health

by National Catholic Bioethics Center and National Association of Catholic Nurses USA | March 04, 2020

The unbalanced feminism of Taylor Swift’s ‘The Man’

by Sophia Martinson | March 04, 2020

The upcoming US census

by Marcus Roberts | March 04, 2020

Bye, bye, East Asia. It was nice knowing you

by William Huang | March 03, 2020

Coronavirus could be an opportunity for an experiment in ‘mass homeschooling’

by Kerry McDonald | March 03, 2020

Ain’t no AI in heaven

by Alejo Jose G. Sison | March 03, 2020

Another actress, another point of view on Harvey Weinstein  

by Katherine Baker | March 02, 2020

‘Trust me, I’m a landlord’

by Richard Stith | March 02, 2020

An embarrassing truth about the fertility crisis

by Patrick F. Fagan | March 02, 2020

Kids benefit from seeing euthanasia close up, says Canadian doctor

by Michael Cook | March 02, 2020

Whither populism?

by J. Budziszewski | March 02, 2020

Crash Landing on You: Korean drama crosses the north-south divide

by Sarah A. Son | February 28, 2020

How will immigration to Scotland survive post-Brexit?

by Marcus Roberts | February 27, 2020

Germany’s high court endorses a right to assisted suicide

by Michael Cook | February 27, 2020

Living in an unreal city, thanks to coronavirus

by Chiara Bertoglio | February 27, 2020

Count your blessings. If you catch coronavirus, you still missed out on bubonic plague

by Michael Cook | February 27, 2020

Decades after independence, France exerts control over African countries

by Mathew Otieno | February 27, 2020

‘Why does the Catholic Church hate gay people?’

by Carter Griffin | February 27, 2020

Death is becoming very efficient in Canada

by Nicole Scheidl | February 26, 2020

The scale of the Chinese lockdown

by Marcus Roberts | February 25, 2020

Divided loyalties: the 737 Max warning light glitch

by Karl D. Stephan | February 25, 2020

Nigeria must be held to account over Christian persecution

by Edward Leigh | February 25, 2020

‘1917’ urges us to reject the inevitability of war

by Tyler Curtis | February 25, 2020

In some stories, home is another character

by Rosemary Roscoe | February 25, 2020

Is it time to kiss the nuclear family goodbye?

by Carolyn Moynihan | February 24, 2020

The fall of a spiritual giant

by Michael Cook | February 24, 2020

The response of Wuhan Christians to the coronavirus outbreak puts the government to shame

by William Huang | February 24, 2020

Twitter piles on Richard Dawkins over eugenics tweet

by Michael Cook | February 24, 2020

How vulnerable is Xi Jinping over coronavirus?

by Rowan Callick | February 21, 2020

Science, sex, and suicide

by Randall Otto | February 21, 2020

Wu Huayan: dying of hunger in a China ‘without poverty’

by Massimo Introvigne | February 21, 2020

The hidden scourge of modern slavery

by Joseph Zanga | February 21, 2020

Is South Korea’s population peak upon us?

by Marcus Roberts | February 20, 2020

The Tradwife movement reminds us of the virtue of service in marriage

by Sophia Martinson | February 20, 2020

The world’s major economies are being hit hard by demographic change

by Shannon Roberts | February 20, 2020

In defence of Peter Singer

by Michael Cook | February 19, 2020

Paganism in 21st-century Europe – what’s the attraction?

by Barend Vlaardingerbroek | February 19, 2020

Two years on, where has same-sex marriage taken Australia?

by Kurt Mahlburg | February 19, 2020

What Obergefell isn’t

by J. Budziszewski | February 19, 2020

Putting the pros and cons of euthanasia under the microscope 

by Hendrik van der Breggen | February 18, 2020

The right one for you? The True Love Character Test

by Thomas Lickona | February 18, 2020

Court victory for UK ‘transphobia’ delinquent

by Ann Farmer | February 17, 2020

A real live caucus-race in Iowa

by Karl D. Stephan | February 17, 2020

Ireland is moving inexorably to the Left

by James Bradshaw | February 17, 2020

The Finnish parental leave expansion

by Marcus Roberts | February 17, 2020

Listen carefully

by Alejo Jose G. Sison | February 17, 2020

How two women pulled off a medieval manuscript heist in post-war Germany

by Jennifer Bain | February 17, 2020

The transgender suicide myth exposed

by Michael Cook | February 14, 2020

Young people aspire to marriage, so let’s offer them more than a Valentine

by Carolyn Moynihan | February 14, 2020

If you’re on the internet, your privacy is at risk. And whose isn’t?

by Karl D. Stephan | February 13, 2020

Italy’s existential crisis

by Marcus Roberts | February 13, 2020

Caging Leviathan

by Emma Zhang | February 13, 2020

‘Karika’: empowering grandparents in an African megacity

by Marie Mulli | February 13, 2020

Did anti-bullyism kill 12-year-old Tristan Peterson?

by Izzy Kalman | February 12, 2020

The euthanasia slippery slope is real

by John Keown | February 12, 2020

2020: The Year of the Nurse and Midwife

by Steve Fouch | February 12, 2020

My daughter plays like a #TradWife

by Shannon Roberts | February 11, 2020

Tradwives: the women looking for a simpler past but grounded in the neoliberal present

by Shani Orgad and Catherine Rottenberg | February 11, 2020

A South Korean masterpiece claims Best Film Oscar

by Claudio Sánchez | February 10, 2020

Why we should be wary of blaming ‘overpopulation’ for the climate crisis

by Heather Alberro | February 10, 2020

Magical circus under siege

by Jennifer Minicus | February 10, 2020

Australians: are you prepared to move to the country?

by Marcus Roberts | February 08, 2020