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29 Jun 2016

Is Brexit the End of the World?

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Mel Gurtov To judge from a New York Times front-page article that appeared two days after the British vote to withdraw from the EU, the...

Is Western Aid Destroying Nigeria’s Future?

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Adjoa Agyeiwaa Bridget Odeh, a Nigerian market vendor living near the border with Cameroon, knows firsthand the pervasive, day-to-day c...

Brexit Pro and Con: the View From Germany

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Victor Grossman How can anyone favor BREXIT? Isn’t European unity a grand idea after so many centuries of warfare? Why should any sensi...

Birth-Control Wars: Two Centuries of Struggle

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David Rosen The birth-control wars have reached a new level of contestation.  On Monday, June 27 th , the Supreme Court struck down a T...

Lament For Humanity: A 50 Year Reflection

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Robert J. Burrowes Deeply affected by the death of my two uncles in World War II, on 1 July 1966, the 24th anniversary of the ‘USS Stur...

Further steps in finding an Earth-like planet outside the solar system

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Bryan Dyne Last month, researchers analyzing data from the Kepler spacecraft announced 1,284 new confirmed exoplanets, bringing the tot...

Trudeau blocks inquiry into Canada’s role in torture of Afghan detainees

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Laurent Lafrance Canada’s Liberal government has formally rejected demands it order a public inquiry into the alleged abuse and torture...

One in six Australians experience food insecurity

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Michelle Stevens Crisis levels of food insecurity have been reached among low income families in Australia. In the last 12 months it is...