Red Families v. Blue Families

Jennifer Roback Morse | 1 Sep 2010 |
tags: blue states, book reviews, family, red states

Two academics stoke the culture wars by claiming that blue states have the correct recipe for making families.

Rethinking American options on Iran

George Friedman | 1 Sep 2010 |
tags: Iran, Stratfor

The US has other options besides destroying Iran's nuclear capabilities.

Singing for their supper - and not much more

Andrea Lynn Cianflone | 1 Sep 2010 |
tags: arts, remuneration, work

Isn’t it time we recognized the soul work of artists and stopped them starving in their garrets?

Can you hear us now?

Melinda Tankard Reist | 30 Aug 2010 |
tags: Australia, pornography, sexualisation of children

Australian women raise a collective shout against the pornification of culture and the harm it is doing.

The bitter fruit of a myth

Michael Kirke | 30 Aug 2010 |
tags: Catholic Church, Ireland, terrorism

Ireland has been stunned by the revelation that a Catholic priest appears to have been responsible for a terror bombing in which nine people died in 1972.

Aftershock

Alistair Nicholas | 30 Aug 2010 |
tags: China, family values, films

A Chinese blockbuster about the survivors of two earthquakes is a remarkable story of loss and redemption.

The Waiting City

Lucy Smith | 30 Aug 2010 |
tags: adoption, films, India, The Waiting City

Forget Julia Roberts doing meditation. This Australian movie will tell you so much more about prayer - and love.

Upsetting the stem cell applecart

Michael Cook | 25 Aug 2010 |
tags: stem cells, US

Have two US presidents and a raft of agencies been misinterpreting a federal law for nearly ten years? A judge says Yes.

College diplomas, anyone?

Thomas C. Reeves | 25 Aug 2010 |
tags: college, employment, graduates

The equation more cash = more diplomas = more skilled workers really does not add up.

The college bubble

Kevin Ryan | 25 Aug 2010 |
tags: college, employment, tuition debt

As senior college administrators’ salaries go through the roof, graduates are left with the equivalent of sub-prime mortgages.

The bewitching ways of wickedness

Michael Kirke | 25 Aug 2010 |
tags: evil, tabloids, yellow journalism

Tabloid journalism desensitises us to the real evils around us.

Here we go again in Middle East talks

George Friedman | 24 Aug 2010 |
tags: Israel, Palestine, Stratfor

The upcoming talks between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority are a splendid opportunity for photos, but neither side can afford to make substantial concessions.

Australia’s Greenslide

Michael Cook | 24 Aug 2010 |
tags: Australia, Greens

Same-sex marriage is back on the agenda now that social radicals have the balance of power.

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