United Nations demands inquiry into mass rapes in Congo
Mass rapes of women and children strongly condemned A United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the mass rapes in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, or…
Reaping the whirlwind
“It began on Saturday 7th September 1940 at around tea-time… That Saturday was a warm, sunny Autumn day. In the late afternoon we of the Auxiliary Fire Service, stationed at…
NYC Imam says ‘No Deal’ after Florida Pastor Cancels Burning of Quran
Pastor Terry Jones announced earlier today that he was cancelling the burning of copies of the Quran in response to a decision by the Imam in New York City to…
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.…