Hard questions
As Operation Iraqi Freedom morphs into Operation New Dawn, we cannot forget that at least 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died violent deaths. After seven and a half years, the…
Younger working class miss out on jobs, marriage, religion
Younger working class people are drifting further away from middle class America and traditional values because they cannot find work in the changing job market. The social and political implications…
Can you hear us now?
When Melinda Tankard Reist’s latest book, Getting Real: Challenging the sexualisation of girls, was published last year, a reviewer described it as a “collective shout against the pornification of culture”.…
Marry, pray, love
In a book of self discovery so popular that it has been made into a movie — Eat, Pray, Love — the American writer Elizabeth Gilbert took herself to India…
Welcome to the Club of Ancient Wrongs
With one war in Afghanistan, another in Iraq, a possible war with Iran, and an environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, it seems bizarre that the biggest political issue…
‘We insist: leave your conscience at the door’
Pharmacists dispense advice to a colleague who will not sell the morning after pill. I recently wrote an article expressing my delight that Washington State pharmacists will no longer be…
Waiting makes the heart grow fonder
It is always gratifying when research coincides with common sense and everyday experience, as in the case of a new study showing that a relationship in which sexual intimacy is…
China’s crisis conundrum
Despite the government’s attempts to regulate consumer safety, corrupt business practices are deeply rooted in Chinese culture. China lurches from one man-made catastrophe to another, despite the efforts of its…
Who respects the human body? Not homosexuals
The ruling by Judge Vaughn Walker to strike down Proposition 8 raises a host of issues that go far beyond the California case. Especially troubling is Walker’s view of gender.…
What’s driving earlier puberty in girls?
Evidence that girls are reaching puberty as early as seven years of age is in the news this week following the publication of an article in the journal Paediatrics. It…
THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS IDEA
We have asked several of our contributors to respond to a question in our occasional series of forums. This time the question is: What is the world’s most dangerous idea?…
Flawed evidence about gay marriage
In one sense, Judge Walker can’t be blamed for his decision since he was provided a great deal of inaccurate and incomplete information through the trial process. I hope that…