http://www.spiked-online.com Humanity is underrated en Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T08:30:08+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12063/ The debate about Obama’s ruling on birth control in healthcare packages shows that many liberals are now worryingly sniffy about religious liberty. Health, Liberties, USA 2012-02-09T08:30:08+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12061/ A young camera crew took to the streets and found opposition to the EU is not just for ‘little Englanders’. Europe, For Europe, Against the EU 2012-02-09T06:59:53+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12062/ A bizarre court order banning an autistic woman from having sex dehumanises people with learning difficulties. Crime and the law, Liberties, Mental health 2012-02-09T06:00:28+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12058/ In the eyes of the EU elite, the greatest impediment to ‘the European project’ is the continued existence of the pesky electorate. Europe 2012-02-08T08:50:11+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12057/ spiked talks to the Londoner who campaigned to switch off a Robocop-style talking CCTV camera in Camden. British politics 2012-02-08T08:45:28+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12060/ You’d have to be completely hammered to take seriously the government’s latest bizarre claims about booze. 2012-02-08T08:30:31+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12054/ 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. Arab uprisings 2012-02-07T09:00:25+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12055/ The fall of Chris Huhne may have thrilled the Westminster village, but for the rest of us it barely registered. British politics 2012-02-07T08:45:07+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12056/ Why were the parents of the Dutch teen who sailed the world deemed incapable of deciding what's best for their child? Parents and kids 2012-02-07T08:30:23+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12046/ The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee throws the spotlight on royalty that is not very regal, and critics who are not really republican. Abolish the monarchy, British politics 2012-02-06T09:00:24+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12047/ If New York’s prospective AIDS memorial park is anything to go by, it seems 9/11 now infuses everything in this city. 2012-02-06T08:45:09+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12048/ James Cameron and other wealthy Hollywooders are wrong if they think they can carry on bossing Brazil about. 2012-02-06T08:30:03+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12041/ From Occupy to the Tea Party, the obsession with corruption is far more damaging to democracy than politicians' alleged shady dealings. Books & Essays 2012-02-03T08:59:39+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12044/ The willingness of fans to take offence risks destroying the freedom to engage in no-holds-barred terrace banter. Sport 2012-02-03T08:45:48+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12043/ This week, the long-awaited TV version of Faulks’ war epic was trumped by a surprisingly sweet invective against footie fans. TV and radio 2012-02-03T08:15:08+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12042/ In Bombay Beach, Alma Har’el uses artistic licence to tell the melancholy tale of an abandoned wannabe boomtown. Film 2012-02-03T01:13:28+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12037/ The mad political pursuit of ‘evil’ Fred Goodwin confirms that bankers are to posh commentators what paedos are to tabloid hacks. British politics, Economy, Financial crisis 2012-02-02T07:51:53+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12038/ Neither Boris Johnson nor Ken Livingstone is willing to deliver the uninterrupted, cheap energy London needs. British politics, Energy 2012-02-02T07:00:36+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12039/ New guidelines suggesting bosses watch out for mental-health problems end up medicalising normal emotions. Mental health, Modern life, Therapy culture 2012-02-02T02:24:32+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12030/ It was only a matter of time before someone proposed an ‘atheist temple’, given the religious-like zealotry and dogma of the New Atheists. Religion and atheism 2012-02-01T08:29:56+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12031/ Campaigners who claim they want to liberalise the drug laws are in fact demanding more state control over drug-users. Crime and the law, Drink and drugs 2012-02-01T08:14:22+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12029/ The education watchdog has finally recognised the importance of knowledge. But it’s still too target-obsessed. Education 2012-02-01T08:00:38+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12027/ A ‘secret’ German proposal for a commissioner to veto Greek budgets sparked outrage. But the EU has already usurped Greece’s sovereignty. Europe 2012-01-31T09:00:02+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12028/ Given that it lets the state off the hook for the current economic mess, what's radical about baiting the rich? Modern life 2012-01-31T08:45:13+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12023/ Over half of China’s population – 691million people – now live in cities. It’s a mind-boggling achievement for mankind. China 2012-01-31T06:08:52+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12022/ On the 40th anniversary of the paratroopers’ massacre in Derry, it is remarkable how much Britain has exploited this event to its advantage. Ireland 2012-01-30T07:37:20+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12024/ Yes, Gingrich’s idea of turning the moon into the 51st state is wacky, but why is everyone so down on space exploration? USA 2012-01-30T06:12:14+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12025/ The prudes trying to strip the tabloids of topless pics belittle women far more than any male reader could. Free speech, Liberties, Media 2012-01-30T05:10:28+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/12017/ From vomiting and food abstention to mastication and ‘reducing salons’, a new book shows that weight-loss regimes have a long, weird and unhealthy history. review of books - 2012-01 (January) 2012-01-27T08:30:09+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/12019/ Again and again, the official Italian Communist party helped to prop up Italy’s ruling class, saving it from its potential gravediggers. review of books - 2012-01 (January) 2012-01-27T08:15:57+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/11913/ In her new autobiography, the author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit revisits old ground, mixing misery porn, madness and self-deprecation in an attempt to explain herself. review of books - 2012-01 (January) 2012-01-27T08:10:16+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/12016/ ‘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. review of books - 2012-01 (January) 2012-01-27T08:00:00+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/12015/ A new biography is too obsessed with skewering Boris’s personality to expose his real failing: his embrace of Livingstone-like miserabilism. review of books - 2012-01 (January) 2012-01-27T07:45:00+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/12014/ Jodi Kantor’s gossipy account of America’s first couple reveals their struggle to adjust to the anti-climatic reality of government. review of books - 2012-01 (January) 2012-01-27T07:30:00+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/12018/ In this extract from his new book, Dominic Standish explores how Venice has gone from symbolising brash human vision to being viewed as a victim of eco-degradation. review of books - 2012-01 (January) 2012-01-27T06:00:06+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/12020/ 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. review of books - 2012-01 (January) 2012-01-27T02:00:00+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12009/ It is unseemly for so-called progressives to bow and scrape before the second chamber, pleading with it to punish the Lib-Cons. British politics 2012-01-26T08:00:26+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12010/ Forget British TV’s feeble attempts to explain urban disarray - look to Scandinavian drama instead. Film 2012-01-26T07:55:28+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12012/ Coriolanus won’t tell us much about contemporary politics but it does reveal Shakespeare’s take on the human condition. 2012-01-26T05:00:33+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12004/ Now it's out: Lord Justice Leveson wants quasi-state regulation - in the name of 'press freedom'. Free speech, Liberties 2012-01-25T08:00:45+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12006/ Two researchers tell spiked that green activists have been a little too keen to blame pesticides for the not-so-great bee die-off. Environment 2012-01-25T07:30:51+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12005/ The campaign to get a tiny charity to reveal its backers is driven by a desire to stamp out any eco-criticism. Environment 2012-01-25T05:59:23+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12007/ With its latest guilt-tripping wheeze, the anti-smoking lobby seems intent on turning our children against us. Liberties, Parents and kids, Smoking 2012-01-25T03:11:32+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11998/ Obama is ailing, yet the bunch of political misfits posing as Republican presidential candidates can’t make any mileage from that. USA 2012-01-24T08:00:29+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11999/ You don’t have to be a fan of the juvenile people behind Megaupload to be worried by the crackdown against it. Crime and the law, Liberties, Science and technology 2012-01-24T07:00:47+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12000/ Read the transcript of CBC’s interview with Brendan O’Neill about Leveson, lies and press freedom. Free speech, Liberties 2012-01-24T04:27:58+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11995/ Brussels’ culture war against the ‘white savages’ of Hungary is destroying democracy and helping to boost reactionary right-wingers. For Europe, Against the EU 2012-01-23T09:00:11+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11996/ Dominic Standish reports from Italy on how anti-ship agitators are milking the Concordia tragedy. Tourism and travel 2012-01-23T08:45:55+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11997/ Eco-warriors who campaign against the building of dams are damning the poor to live at nature’s mercy. Environment 2012-01-23T08:30:14+00:00 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11990/ Jodi Kantor’s gossipy account of America’s first couple reveals their struggle to adjust to the anti-climatic reality of government. America under Obama, Books & Essays, USA 2012-01-20T08:15:15+00:00