A new page! "First Past the Post (FPTP) Voting System Damages Party-Based Democracies" by Vexen Crabtree. It's an archaic system of electing officials which has proven too simplistic for modern multi-party democracy, and has been abandoned by almost all modern democracies with the notable exceptions of the UK and USA.

Contents menu:

1. FPTP is ( Read more... )

A new page! We are all slowly living longer and healthier lives; with the exceptions of a few countries with social and health issues (USA), and the AIDS epidemic in Africa which provided a decade-long setback, trends are towards ever-increasing longevity.

"Life Expectancy and Longevity"
The contents menu is:

1. International Statistics
2. The Demographics ( Read more... )

A new page! Religion is the main cause of disbelief in evolution across the world, especially in highly religious countries and communities. "Belief in the Theory of Evolution Versus Religious Faith".

A new page!

"Creationism and Intelligent Design"

Anti-science and anti-evolution fundamentalist lobby groups are seeking to undermine the teaching of science and fact in schools, instead seeking to teach that the earth is not very old and that God created all species as they are now. Contents menu:

1. Introduction
2. The Strength of Creationism in the ( Read more... )

Accusations don't imply guilt, but in the case of the Catholic Church, it's entire history from its foundations, through it's growth, to its domineering violence during the dark ages, and now to its present underground immorality, interference in Africa (etc), etc, anything that harms the Catholic Church is bound to do Humanity an endless good ( Read more... )

Erickson was an enthusiastic born-again Christian, who split his local community in 2 with his new, passionate-style masses... many of the previous regulars left, and the born-again crowd moved in. He came with all the talk, a typical religious-right moral-crusader loon. Two of those who didn't like his approach, but still attended the church, were ( Read more... )

"The United States government said it could not find the men that Guantánamo detainee Abdullah Mujahid believes could help set him free. The Guardian found them in three days."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1810330,00.html

"The Food and Drug Administration advisory panel approved a vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV) last week. The vaccine appears to be 100 percent effective at protecting against the most prevalent viruses that cause cervical cancer. While public health professionals view the vaccine as miraculous, many conservative organizations oppose it on ( Read more... )

Forget abortion and Guantanamo, the USA has increased its anti-gay stance internationally ( Read more... )

International Issues, by Vexen Crabtree

Just a portal page, not much there apart from new Examples page.