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| Monday 17 October 2011 |
Ka-pow! The intolerant reaction to a PC comic
The US furore around Islam-inspired The 99 suggests we need superheroes who can do battle against censorship.
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| Wednesday 12 October 2011 |
The rage of hip consumers
When Ben & Jerry’s, owned by Unilever, offers support to Occupy Wall Street, you know this ain’t no revolution.
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| Friday 7 October 2011 |
The iMourning for Steve Jobs
The reaction to the death of the Apple boss shows how thoroughly mainstream Princess Di-style public weeping has become.
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| Thursday 6 October 2011 |
The wannabe tyrants of Wall Street
Disdainful and conspiracy-minded, the protesters claiming to speak for all Americans are acting like teenage despots.
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| Friday 30 September 2011 |
Why are liberal hacks so obsessed with Palin?
Joe McGinniss wants to dig up dirt that will bury Palin’s political career. But his book is so full of salacious gossip that he ends up looking like the real creep.
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| Friday 30 September 2011 |
Boycotts are an affront to academic freedom
Is Israeli historian Ilan Pappé hated because he’s a brave dissident – or because he’s a pompous ass who wants Israeli academia shunned?
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| Thursday 29 September 2011 |
Michael Bloomberg’s new Prohibition Era
New York City’s health-obsessive mayor is tearing up personal freedoms in his war against smoking, fast food and sugary drinks.
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| Monday 26 September 2011 |
Kick the UN out of the Middle East
The cynical bid for Palestinian statehood shows how ordinary Palestinians have been made spectators of history.
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| Wednesday 21 September 2011 |
Is this Monty Python’s Occupy Wall Street?
The surreal protests in New York’s financial district will certainly leave the system shaking. With laughter.
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| Thursday 15 September 2011 |
An election where everyone’s a loser
The victory of a little-known businessman over a New York Democrat reveals much about the state of US politics.
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| Tuesday 13 September 2011 |
New York remembers
Photo essay: spiked reports from Ground Zero, where thousands gathered to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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| Friday 2 September 2011 |
Boycotts are an affront to academic freedom
Is Israeli historian Ilan Pappé hated because he’s a brave dissident - or because he’s a pompous ass who wants Israel academia shunned?
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| Wednesday 17 August 2011 |
After the Arab Spring, the Israeli Summer?
Nathalie Rothschild reports from the Tahrir-style tent city in Tel Aviv, where a mish-mash of middle-class grievances is rocking Israeli society.
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| Thursday 11 August 2011 |
Making a crime of forthright criticism
A libel-court victory against a book reviewer who was ‘spiteful’ will have a chilling effect on literary criticism.
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| Friday 29 July 2011 |
A Swedish riposte to the politics of paternalism
From the 1940s moral panic around dancehalls to today’s attempts to ‘nudge’ us into good behaviour, Mattias Svensson’s new book shows the shifting faces of killjoys in Sweden and beyond.
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| Tuesday 26 July 2011 |
Norway: it’s not ‘naive’ to defend liberty
After Friday’s murderous attacks Norwegians are right to resist increased surveillance that will compromise citizens’ freedoms.
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| Monday 25 July 2011 |
The rise and fall of a chess prodigy
From Cold War-era hero to paranoid enemy of the state: it’s Bobby Fischer Against the World.
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| Thursday 21 July 2011 |
Save the Jews: don’t have an abortion
By imploring women to help boost the number of Jews, Israeli anti-abortion activists politicise personal choices.
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| Wednesday 13 July 2011 |
Spraying for peace in the Middle East
Nathalie Rothschild reports from Hebron on the Western spraycan activists who are graffiting the West Bank.
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| Thursday 30 June 2011 |
Gaza flotilla: riding on a wave of narcissism
Gaza-bound do-gooders claim they only want to send ‘love’ to Palestinians. The evidence suggests they’re more in love with themselves.
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