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archived: 17 April 2007
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Iraq is a mess, but the US was right to overthrow Saddam
On the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war, The Washington Post argues the fight must continue. We will never know what might have happened had Saddam Hussein been left in power. Nor do we know how Iraq will evolve history's judgment in five years or 10 may look very different than today's ... more.
The Australian - 20 March 2007
Terrorising the Iraqis
For the past four years, one four-letter word has entered the building and never left. Iraq. On March 20, 2003, the coalition of the willing, spearheaded by the United States, invaded Iraq. It was to be a campaign of "shock and awe" ... more.
The Age - 20 March 2007
Onside in the great fight for civilisation against barbarism
Comin from Britain to Canberra to interview members of the Australian Government is like leaving a fetid malarial swamp to be douched with fresh cold water from a mountain spring. These guys are so onside in the great fight for civilisation against barbarism ... more.
The Australian - 19 March 2007
Let's not confuse health and morality
Restricting smoking has gone into overdrive in recent weeks with four developments that pose important questions for the ethics of public health policy. South Australia has announced a ban on smoking in cars when children are on board ... more.
The Australian - 20 March 2007
Injecting morality back into the drugs debate
The obsession with measuring the physical effects of drugs means never championing the joys of reality over the black hole of drug-induced fantasy. According to a major new review of Britain�s drug policy, the moral condemnation of drug use is outdated and �medieval� ... more.
Spiked Online - 12 March 2007
Living with guns, dying with guns
For almost 40 years, Jim Zumbo was one of America's best-known hunters and gun enthusiasts, a cult figure among the millions of Americans who have what amounts to an almost mystical relationship with guns ... more.
The Age - 19 March 2007
Lest neither of us forget
To make our new relationship with Japan work, we must deal with memories of war. The security declaration signed last week between Australia and Japan was truly historic. In forging a defence agreement, it was as if the last taboo between two wartime enemies had gone ... more.
The Age - 18 March 2007
We need more men in schools
Children need male as well as female teachers. Walking through the junior school yard one day I noticed a large number of students, mainly boys, congregating near the goalposts. The big attraction turned out to be Mr Healy ... more.
The Age - 18 March 2007
From killing Christians to killing the planet
If history serves us correctly, it's widely believed that once upon a time, back in the heady days of the swinging AD60s in the Roman Empire, the sport of choice for Nero and his noble friends was a wildly illuminating game that involved watching Christians being devoured ... more.
The Age - 17 March 2007
Time to take the credit
Success has many fathers. No wonder, then, that paternity suits are flying in microfinance�lending small amounts to help the poor pull themselves out of poverty ... more.
The Economist - 15 March 2007
Democratic principles making businesses more transparent
The creativity and empowerment spawned by the Information Age is bringing democracy to work. When senior managers at Continuum, a design and innovation firm, decided to renovate their quarters in an old shoe factory west of Boston last year, they took what some businesses might consider a radical step ... more.
Christian Science Monitor - 19 March 2007
'Gates' revisits moral quandry in Rwanda
This harrowing look at the 1994 genocide goes beyond documentary to delve into an ethical dilemma. The 1994 Rwandan genocide is once again the subject of a movie. Even more so than its forerunner "Hotel Rwanda," "Beyond the Gates" is unsparing in its depiction of that terrible time ... more.
Christian Science Monitor - 16 March 2007
The bear necessities of climate change politics
A photo of two polar bears seemingly stranded on an ice floe has come to symbolise man�s destruction of nature. But is it all that it seems? �They cling precariously to the top of what is left of the ice floe, their fragile grip the perfect symbol of the tragedy of global warming ... more.
Spiked Online - 16 March 2007
Any shade of politics you like as long as it's green
The dangers of the new consensus around the politics of global warming. Listening to this week�s statements about global warming made it sound as if the political climate is the one experiencing rapid change ... more.
Spiked Online - 14 March 2007
After hate speech, the war against 'mate speech'
As the language police turn their attention to banter between buddies and football-ground chants, no area of life is safe from the censors. Talk about a slippery slope. Over the past 10 to 15 years, governments in the West have instituted laws against �Hate Speech� ... more.
Spiked Online - 13 March 2007