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The farce of the fleeting expletives
The attempt to punish utterances of the F-word and the S-word on American TV exposes the arbitrary and patronising nature of censorship.
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Forcing Britain to sober up
The proposed ban on pub happy hours is a metaphor for the governments miserabilist disgust with fun.
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Health fears go up in smoke
A year ago, Scottish health chiefs boasted that the smoking ban had cut heart-attack rates. It was a load of hot air.
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Terror in Mumbai: the same old, same old
Claims that the attacks represent a new form of Fourth Generation Warfare are infused with historical amnesia and fearmongering.
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Bombay bounces back
Sadhvi Sharma reports from the streets and stations of a city that remains resilient in the face of hair-raising experiences.
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Mumbai: the nihilism that dare not speak its name
The terrible assaults on the Indian city of growth and ambition suggest that contemporary terrorism is not as alien as we think.
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Its grim up North London
While in Harry Redknapp Spurs have found a new leader off the pitch, Arsenal desperately need any sort of leader on it.
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Survivors: were bad and we deserve to die
The BBCs new series, in which millions are wiped out by a virus, is perfectly attuned to the gloom of the moment.
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Free speech for fools and scumbags, too
Merseyside far-right activists should not be arrested for incitement to vote BNP - read Mick Hume in The Times (London).
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We must avoid mission accomplished mentality
The new president of the American Civil Liberties Union tells spiked that just because Bush is going, that doesnt mean the fight for freedom is won.
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Prostituting womens solidarity
The UK governments call to British women to help combat sex trafficking amounts to a crackdown on immigration.
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Adopting an obsession with lifestyle
Local authorities should do everything to find children secure homes, not fret about parents personal habits.
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Strictly Dumb Democracy
In showing such contempt for the popular will, those dance judges were only taking their lead from ministers and officials in the UK and EU.
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New Labour: its not dead yet
Reports of the death of Blair and Browns post-political project have been greatly exaggerated.
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From the slammer to the clamour
Two new UK exhibitions show the imprisonment of society and the struggle for rights and freedoms.
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A New York rebellion against libel imperialism
Brendan ONeill meets the writers and publishers who have launched a war of independence from Englands notorious, repulsive libel laws.
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Gethsemane: the devils in the fundraising
David Hares New Labour satire offers little but a moral condemnation of modern, pragmatic, pro-market politics.
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Privacy and free speech: theres no contradiction
The actions of celebrities and journalists should be judged in the court of public opinion, not a court of law.
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The ghost of the refrigerator mother
The author of Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion challenges the quackery and religiosity of the crusade against autism.
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Darling, its all about the global imbalances
Tinkering with UK tax rates and spending plans wont solve the economic crisis because the fundamentals are not sound.
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