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Our pick of the films of 2011

Michael Cook | 26 Jan 2012 |
tags: best of, films

After bunkering down with our reviewers, we've settled on a list of the best films of the past year.

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Let’s make the UN Secretary-General keep his word

Vincenzina Santoro | 27 Jan 2012 |
tags: abortions, United Nations

The United Nations must be the "defender of the defenceless", says Ban Ki-moon. Why not begin with the unborn?

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Lost In Transition: I

Thomas Lickona | 26 Jan 2012 |
tags: books, emerging adults, moral relativism

What's the matter with today's emerging adults?

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Will the “Great Satan” strike a deal with Iran?

George Friedman | 25 Jan 2012 |
tags: Iran, Middle East

Neither wants a conflict and both have much to lose.

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No carnival for Costa Concordia captain

Constance Kong | 24 Jan 2012 |
tags: business ethics, leadership

Who’s really culpable in one of the most avoidable disasters of recent maritime history?

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What President Obama should tell us about bullying

Izzy Kalman | 24 Jan 2012 |
tags: Barack Obama, bullying

Even though he was bullied as a child, he survived – and thrived.

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US Supreme Court backs religious independence in surprise decision

James S. Cole | 23 Jan 2012 |
tags: First Amendment, religious freedom, Supreme Court

The unanimous decision is a major setback for the Obama Administration.

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The new outlaws: how same-sex marriage suffocates freedom

Bryce J. Christensen | 23 Jan 2012 |
tags: same-sex marriage

Advocating gay marriage as a way of enlarging the American sphere of liberty are profoundly—and deceptively—misrepresenting their aims.

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War Horse

Ronan Wright | 20 Jan 2012 |
tags: film reviews, Steven Spielberg

Powerful battle scenes but the ending takes too long to arrive.

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Will humanity perish without the internet?

Phillip Elias | 20 Jan 2012 |
tags: internet, Wikipedia

The 24-hour shut-down of Wikipedia was a bold gesture which proved what, exactly?

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Has Europe lost its soul?

Jonathan Sacks | 19 Jan 2012 |
tags: Christianity, economic crisis, Judaism

Stabilising the Euro is one thing, healing the culture that surrounds it is another, says the Chief Rabbi of the UK.

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Vatican’s controversial plan for financial reform

David J. Peterson | 19 Jan 2012 |
tags: global financial crisis, Vatican

“Economic liberalism”, based on utilitarianism and materialism, is the root cause of the global financial crisis, Catholic scholars argue.

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“Tax me please, I’m rich!”

Vincenzina Santoro | 18 Jan 2012 |
tags: debt crisis, taxation, USA

If they are so keen, why don’t they just give it to the government anyway?

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Dancing with danger

George Friedman | 18 Jan 2012 |
tags: Iran, Middle East

The rivals for influence in the Gulf region could make dangerous miscalculations in the game of chess being played in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Complementary beings

Susan Reibel Moore | 17 Jan 2012 |
tags: gender, same-sex marriage

A focus on equal rights in the same-sex marriage debate has obscured the obvious fact that men and women have complementary natures.

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Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion

Angela Franks | 17 Jan 2012 |
tags: books, eugenics, population control, Public Discourse

A new biography of Margaret Sanger fails to confront the Planned Parenthood founder’s ideological commitment to eugenics and population control.

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