Perspectives
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Jewish Aspirations For The Temple Mount Include Rebuilt Temple
Jeremy Sharon
May 17, 2012
As points of religious contention go, the current status of the Temple Mount is one of the most potentially explosive issues for competing faiths anywhere in the world.
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Beware The Unholy Alliance Of State And Internet
Evgeny Morozov
April 3, 2012
Surveillance means safety. This is the argument wherever and whenever governments seek new powers to monitor their citizens. Proposed legislation in the UK to enable police and intelligence services to access emails, Skype calls and Facebook messages is another such example. It is also another case of the unnecessary and dangerous expansion of state power, in collaboration with companies, into our online--and offline--lives.
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Competing Visions of a Computer-Controlled Future
Markus Dettmer, Hilmar Schmundt and Janko Tietz
March 7, 2012
Computers dominate how we live, work and think. For some, the technology is a boon and promises even better things to come. But others warn that there could be bizarre consequences and that humans may be on the losing end of progress.
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Super-human Brain Technology Sparks Ethics Debate
Kate Kelland
February 29, 2012
A British ethics group has launched a debate on the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies that tap into the brain and could bring super-human strength, highly enhanced concentration or thought-controlled weaponry.
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The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
February 6, 2012
We hear so often about Muslims as victims of abuse in the West and combatants in the Arab Spring’s fight against tyranny. But, in fact, a wholly different kind of war is underway--an unrecognized battle costing thousands of lives. Christians are being killed in the Islamic world because of their religion. It is a rising genocide that ought to provoke global alarm.
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Dream of Universal Currency Just Won’t Die
David Wolman
December 27, 2011
The euro zone maelstrom refuses to end. Thanks to the debt crisis, some Greek officials are contemplating dumping the common currency for the drachma. Meanwhile, Italy and Spain teeter. A decade after the shared currency was heralded as a 21st-century tool for peace and prosperity, it turns out that currency unions aren’t such a hot idea.