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Wednesday 22 February 2012
Terrence Malick is no Tarkovsky The Oscar-nominated epic The Tree of Life is ambitious, but it takes more than ambition to make a masterpiece.

Monday 20 February 2012
The new tyranny of temperance Some government officials will only be happy when Britain resembles a giant Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

Wednesday 8 February 2012
‘Stop! You’re entering a restricted space!’ spiked talks to the Londoner who campaigned to switch off a Robocop-style talking CCTV camera in Camden.

Tuesday 31 January 2012
Liberated from the ‘idiocy of rural life’ Over half of China’s population – 691million people – now live in cities. It’s a mind-boggling achievement for mankind.

Friday 27 January 2012
Running scared of the English Defence League ‘We talk about apathy, then these guys get into politics and we shit ourselves.’ The author of a new report on the EDL talks to spiked.

Friday 20 January 2012
Don’t give way to the Top Gear-bashers What Clarkson’s audience understands that his shrill critics do not is that he is not to be taken seriously.

Monday 16 January 2012
Putting tribespeople in a human zoo In demanding the utter isolation of Third World tribes, Survival International turns communities into freakshows.

Friday 13 January 2012
Running scared of the English Defence League ‘We talk about apathy, then these guys get into politics and we shit ourselves.’ The author of a new report on the EDL talks to spiked.

Thursday 12 January 2012
Treating Libya like a troublesome child Who gave Amnesty International and other human rights groups the authority to boss about the new Libyan government?

Thursday 5 January 2012
Down with feminist fearmongering! Feminists are exploiting the ‘exploding breasts’ panic in the name of having a pop at cosmetic surgery.

Thursday 29 December 2011
The worst 10 assaults on freedom From bans on songs and leafleting to war against gossipy tabloids, 2011 was a bad year for free speech.

Tuesday 20 December 2011
The protesters who tried to steal Christmas The Grinches at Occupy reveal what they really think of the masses they claim to represent: not a lot.

Thursday 15 December 2011
Benghazi: the battle for democracy resumes The protests against the transitional government in Libya show the West can’t just hand down democracy from afar.

Wednesday 7 December 2011
Fiskalunion? Nein Danke! The long-running drive to give Brussels greater power over EU member states is anti-growth and anti-democratic.

Tuesday 29 November 2011
‘Sometimes a police state is a good thing’ The Twitterati’s unhinged hounding of ‘racist tram lady’ confirms how intolerant the tweeting herd can be.

Friday 25 November 2011
Prohibition makes an evidence-based comeback The Prohibitionists of 1920s America could only look in envy at the way that ban-happy moralists have stormed the corridors of power today.

Wednesday 23 November 2011
Legal justice: too fine a pursuit for Libyans The International Criminal Court’s insistence on controlling the trial of Saif Gaddafi reeks of neo-colonialism.

Tuesday 22 November 2011
Occupy London really are Blair's babes Judging by their Safer Space policy, the occupiers are big fans of Blair-style, PC petty authoritarianism.

Wednesday 16 November 2011
Putting the Syrian Spring on ice From EU sanctions to Arab League posturing, external meddling in Syria is weakening the democratic uprising.

Wednesday 9 November 2011
Colonialism in weapons inspectors’ clothing Far from being politically neutral, nuke-hunting weapons inspectors are thoroughly in hock to Western interests.
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