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Bruno Waterfield
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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. |
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Gabrielle Shiner
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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? |
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Sean Collins
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The corruption of US politics
From Occupy to the Tea Party, the obsession with corruption is far more damaging to democracy than politicians' alleged shady dealings. |
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On the 40th anniversary of the paratroopers’ massacre in Derry, it is remarkable how much Britain has exploited this event to its advantage. |
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Jason Walsh
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There’s more to progress than biology
Steven Pinker’s new book certainly does much to suggest that humanity is progressing rather than regressing. It’s puzzling then that he gives people so little credit. |
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| | The timeless power of the Bard
Coriolanus won’t tell us much about contemporary politics but it does reveal Shakespeare’s take on the human condition. |
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Rob Lyons
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What’s up with the bees?
Two researchers tell spiked that green activists have been a little too keen to blame pesticides for the not-so-great bee die-off. |
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| | India’s inspiring war on polio
The massive human effort that helped make India polio-free shows that greater wealth brings greater health. |
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Rob Lyons
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First they came for the smokers…
The remorseless illiberal logic of the ‘we don’t like it, so ban it’ lobby is now leeching its way into the lives of meat-eaters. |
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Manick Govinda
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Licensed to censor performance art
By treating adults like children, the 2003 Licensing Act is being used to undermine the freedom of both artists and audiences. |
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| | Jennie Bristow
| | Divorcing marriage from morality
By promoting it as a least worst lifestyle option, modern defenders of marriage are undermining its best aspects. |
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Sean Collins
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Blaming all the president’s men
Journalist Ron Suskind's scintillating account of chaos and dissent in Obama's White House would be better if he had shaken off his teenage habit of blaming everything on Wall Street. |
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Jennie Bristow
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A fresh-faced look at growing old
In Never Say Die, Susan Jacoby elbows aside old prejudices about ageing and the ‘illderly’ and asks instead how society can sensibly cope with having lots of older people. |
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Tim Black
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Alan Partridge: an invitation to sneer
The autobiography of the fictional broadcaster and all-round master of naff is undoubtedly funny, but, like creator Steve Coogan’s recent pronouncements, it is fuelled by large doses of liberal snobbery. |
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