Saruman at Notre DameThaddeus J. Kozinski | 21 May 2009 | President Obama's masterful speech was widely applauded -- but what did he actually say?
It’s still my universityMichelle Romeu | 22 May 2009 The leadership may have failed her but this Notre Dame student still loves the place. Why is the internet so vicious?John Bambenek | 22 May 2009 Staring at a screen and tapping at a keyboard drains all the niceness out of some people. Sri Lanka: after war, justiceLuther Uthayakumaran | 22 May 2009 Twenty-six years of civil war have come to a bloody end. How will Sri Lankans deal with a history of injustice on both sides?
The shadowy world of the “Illuminati”Massimo Introvigne | 22 May 2009 | The popular film Angels & Demons packs a lot of information about hidden conspiracies into 138 minutes. And most of it is wrong.
Out of Our HeadsDenyse O'Leary | 21 May 2009 Why you are not your brain, and other lessons from the biology of consciousness. The freedom of fruit fliesMichael Cook | 20 May 2009 | The world’s leading science journal is promoting a bizarre notion of free will. Past your “use by” date? What’s next?Margaret Somerville | 19 May 2009 | Dying human beings are not disposable products.
Threading the NeedleThomas M. Woods and Roger Bate | 18 May 2009 | How to give Zimbabwe the boost it needs without propping up Mugabe
Let’s re-criminalize gambling to pump-prime economiesJohn Warren Kindt | 18 May 2009 | Legalized gambling is a drag on local and national economies. Why is the US government giving the industry a helping hand?
Bonus rage and its pitfallsJohn Robertson | 15 May 2009 | When the dust of the AIG payouts has settled we may face a future as slaves of the corporate bottom line. most viewed video choice Porn: the new tobacco Another curious reversal in moralizing. | Policy Review (Hoover Institution)A clash of rights? Gay marriage and the free exercise of religion. | Pew ForumJames Lovelock’s deification of Earth And the anti-humanism that goes with it. | SpikedThe real pregnancy crisis An intense focus on teenage childbearing has obscured a more fundamental problem in childbearing trends. | Wall Street JournalThe wrath of Carla Can the Catholic Church survive Carla Bruni's attack on Benedict XVI? | The Daily TelegraphIn praise of dullness Most successful CEOs are not flamboyant and charismatic. They're boring. And that's why they succeed.| New York Times The Cheney Fallacy Is President Obama taking a radical departure from President Bush in the War on Terror? A former Assistant Attorney General says it's all packaging. | The New RepublicThe Lost Art of Reading Aloud It's not the same as listening to audio books on your iPod.| New York Times The Luckiest or Unluckiest Man in the World? The incredible story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the last man to survive atom bomb blasts in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | London TimesYou do not have the right to die When most of the world is fighting to live, is suicide the ultimate act of selfishness? | The Age (Melbourne)The Pope Versus the Vatican George Weigel on the background to attacks on the Pope. | Standpoint |