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Thursday 9 February 2012

Nathalie Rothschild
Freedom of religion is not a right-wing thing The debate about Obama’s ruling on birth control in healthcare packages shows that many liberals are now worryingly sniffy about religious liberty.

Wednesday 8 February 2012

Bruno Waterfield
The Eurocratic assault on democracy
In the eyes of the EU elite, the greatest impediment to ‘the European project’ is the continued existence of the pesky electorate.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Brendan O’Neill
Let’s veto the West’s moral posturing on Syria
There is more logic to Russia’s and China’s veto of the UN resolution condemning Assad than there is to William Hague’s sixth-former antics.

Gabrielle Shiner
Circumnavigating the authorities
Why were the parents of the Dutch teen who sailed the world deemed incapable of deciding what's best for their child?

Monday 6 February 2012

Mick Hume
No Jubilee for republicans
– or royalists
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee throws the spotlight on royalty that is not very regal, and critics who are not really republican.

Nathalie Rothschild
Turning public places into mourning spaces
If New York’s prospective AIDS memorial park is anything to go by, it seems 9/11 now infuses everything in this city.

John Conroy
The New Brazil vs
anti-modern celebs
James Cameron and other wealthy Hollywooders are wrong if they think they can carry on bossing Brazil about.

Friday 3 February 2012

Sean Collins
The corruption of American politics
From Occupy to the Tea Party, the obsession with corruption is far more damaging to democracy than politicians' alleged shady dealings.

Duleep Allirajah
Football’s thin-skinned culture of complaint
The willingness of fans to take offence risks destroying the freedom to engage in no-holds-barred terrace banter.

David Bowden
Adapting Birdsong and finding gay footballers
This week, the long-awaited TV version of Faulks’ war epic was trumped by a surprisingly sweet invective against footie fans.

Thursday 2 February 2012

Brendan O’Neill
Banker-bashers: a lynch mob with PhDs
The mad political pursuit of ‘evil’ Fred Goodwin confirms that bankers are to posh commentators what paedos are to tabloid hacks.

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	7 February 2012 Let’s veto the West’s moral posturing on Syria


	6 February 2012 No Jubilee for republicans – or royalists

Divorcing marriage from morality


	3 February 2012: If a film is this pretty, who cares if it’s true?


	3 February 2012: *Adapting Birdsong* and finding gay footballers**