The educational reform we need mostKevin Ryan | 5 Jan 2009 | Smarter teachers? More parental involvement? More computers? Better assessment? Healthier lunches? Nope. Try harder-working kids.
A reform-minded education secretary?Dan Lips | 6 Jan 2009 Barack Obama's choice for education secretary offers hope for a change in America's schools.
Gays angered by Pope’s stand on ecologyMichael Cook | 2 Jan 2009 | If we don't trash the physical environment, do we have a right to trash the moral environment? Liberty Forum better than U.N. Rights CouncilKim Holmes | 2 Jan 2009 | A former US diplomat argues that it is time for nations that truly respect human rights, to ditch the UNHRC for a body that promotes true rights.
The Middle East - In Their Own Words. MubarakMohammad Hosni Mubarak | 2 Jan 2009 | World leaders have spoken out on the crisis in the Middle East. Here is what Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek has to say. The Middle East - In Their Own Words. MerkelAngela Merkel | 2 Jan 2009 | World leaders have spoken out on the crisis in the Middle East. Here is what German Chancellor Angela Merkel has to say. The Middle East - In Their Own Words. AhmadinejadMahmoud Ahmadinejad | 1 Jan 2009 | World leaders have spoken out on the crisis in the Middle East. Here is what Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said. The Middle East - In Their Own Words. ObamaBarack Obama | 1 Jan 2009 | World leaders have spoken out on the crisis in the Middle East. Here is what Barack Obama has to say. Our pick of the films of 2008staff of MercatorNet | 31 Dec 2008 | One of the most perilous assignments of editors is compiling lists of the year’s best films. But we’re tough and prepared to take risks. Comments, please! Titanic China has an appointment with an icebergConstance Kong | 30 Dec 2008 | The headlines proclaim China's growing financial power. But its ageing population may scupper its ambitions.
Why Hindu extremists target ChristiansAugustine Kanjamala | 26 Dec 2008 | A militant school of Hindu thought which despises Islam and Christianity as alien creeds is growing in strength in India. most viewed video choice Everyday life in Gaza ... is pretty tough, even before the tanks and bombs.| Identity Woman Suburban Rapture Phyllis McGinley spun poetry out of suburban life. | New York TimesA Saint on Trial Analyzing the Condemnation of Sir Thomas More. | First ThingsAs an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa's biggest problem - the crushing passivity of the people's mindset. | London TimesBail Out the Writers! A unique plan to save the American economy AND save the world from bad writing.| New York Times What to Do About the Torturers? The US cannot move forward in reforming the law laws on torture unless it accounts for past wrongs. | New York Review of BooksL’Arche founder honoured Jean Vanier is nominated Nation Builder 2008. | Globe and Mail (Canada)Fame devours both man and boy The long, sad twilight of sporting heroes.| International Herald Tribune How Christianity shaped the West Would we have equality and liberty without it? | ImprimisBush Is a Book Lover A glimpse of what the president has been reading. | Wall Street JournalScience and religion If God is good (and the Torah taught us that He is), then it is good to labor diligently to deepen our knowledge of His entire created world, and all things in it. | First Thingssheila liaugminas
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