As next year's presidential election approaches, the nation's two biggest political parties are faced with the difficult task of having to select tickets that would give them the greatest chance of winning the presidency.

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By Jerome Keating
How developing democracies deal with their dictatorial pasts is crucial. Taiwan is undergoing such changes. A number of statues of the late dictator Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) have recently been removed from various places around the nation to a park in Taoyuan.

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By Chi Chun-chieh 紀駿傑
While Taiwanese all over the nation were holding various events to commemorate and reflect on the 228 Incident last month, former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) insisted that the massacre was nothing more than an unfortunate instance of public resistance to government oppression.

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When Alex Thomas went public about her lack of feelings for her stepchildren she was vilified. But she is far from alone
By Emma Cook
Alex Thomas is rather different to many other stepmothers for one simple reason: she is prepared to confess to the extent of her feelings, or rather, the lack of them, towards her stepchildren.

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Research has highlighted a paradox in the way people react when faced with seemingly similar ethical dilemmas, which may be explained in evolutionary terms
By Peter Singer
When we condemn the behavior of a politician, celebrity, or friend, we often end up appealing to our moral intuitions. "It just feels wrong!" we say. But where do these intuitive judgments come from? Are they reliable moral guides?

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By Allen Timothy Chang
The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall should be transformed into a multipurpose Pan East Asian Memorial Hall.

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By Cyndy Yu
As the debate over the implementation of Premier Su Tseng-chang's (蘇貞昌) proposed 12-year compulsory education scheme continues, Minister of Education Tu Cheng-sheng (杜正勝 ) said that the program was still being developed.

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By Michael Gruber
It would be interesting to see an article featuring an interview of US government officials by the Taipei Times.

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