David Aaronovitch



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Full name: David Aaronovitch

Area of interest: International politics and the media

Journals: The Times, The Jewish Chronicle

Email: [mailto:david.aaronovitch@thetimes.co.uk david.aaronovitch@thetimes.co.uk]

Website: TimesOnline / David Aaronovitch

Blog: TimeesOnline blogs / David Aaronovitch

Representation: AP Watt (scroll down page to 'authors')

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Biography:
Education: Balliol College, Oxford 1972/1974 (sent down, failing German History exam); University of Manchester: BA (Hons) History, 1978; elected President of the National Union of Students, 1980

Career: Researcher, then producer for ITV's Weekend World; founding editor of BBC's On the Record, 1988; The Independent and Independent on Sunday's chief leader writer, television critic, and columnist until 2002; contributor, columnist and feature writer with The Guardian and The Observer from 2003; in June 2005 he joined The Times, writing a regular column, he also writes regular columns for the Jewish Chronicle

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Viewpoints/Insight: Frequently endorses the New Labour position, but has opposed them on issues concerning civil liberties, voting reform, House of Lords

TV/Radio: Presented and contributed to many TV and radio programmes: Newsnight; Parkinson's Radio 2 programme; the Jimmy Young Show; guested on Have I Got News For You and Question Time; most recent programmes: three part series for Channel 4 on Sex on TV; three part series for Channel 5 about sex and culture, Whatever Turns You On; programmes for Channel 4 on Muslim Anti-Semitism; the Iraq war; three part series for Radio 4 on the Romans; Radio 4 programme, The Copysnatchers. see IMDb filmography

Controversy/Criticism:
 * Strongly supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq: Here's my apology on the 'disaster' of the Iraq war. Now, where's yours?

Awards/Honours: What the Papers Say award for the best Writer about broadcasting, 1998; George Orwell Prize for Political Journalism, 2001; WTPS Columnist of the year, 2003

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Other: Son of economist and communist Sam Aaronovitch, brother of actor Owen Aaronovitch and scriptwriter Ben Aaronovitch



Books & Debate:

 * Paddling to Jerusalem: An Aquatic Tour of Our Small Country OCLC 44562051, 2000
 * Arson, rape and bloody murder OCLC 48784738, 2002 (recalls his growing up amidst the trials, triumphs and eccentricities of the Communist Party in Britain)
 * The Hutton Inquiry and its impact OCLC 53709129, 2004 (with Simon Rogers, et al)

Latest work: Voodoo histories: the role of the conspiracy theory in shaping modern history OCLC 310154675, 2009. Reviewed here by Johann Hari.

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Column remit: International politics and the media

Section: Features

Role: Commentator

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Email: [mailto:david.aaronovitch@thetimes.co.uk david.aaronovitch@thetimes.co.uk]

Website: TimesOnline / David Aaronovitch

Commissioning editor: Daniel Finkelstein

Day published: Tuesday

Regularity: Weekly

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Average length: 1050



Articles: 2011

 * vote: it’s a headless pirate witch!'' - Horror stories about the proposed voting system are desperate. Not even Scooby-Doo would believe them - 17th February
 * don’t set a thief to catch a terrorist'' - The Prime Minister is spot-on: we should promote democratic values, not cosy up to those who reject them - 10th February
 * power to this parade of human dignity'' - Critics of ‘Western-style’ democracy ignore the humiliation and frustration of life in a dictatorship, however stable - 3rd February
 * gains from denying prisoners the vote?'' - I’m with the bishops and the do-gooders on this. Allowing inmates to choose MPs can only be a good thing - 21st January
 * Clegg nauseating. Good Clegg promising'' - Detaching his party from the Tories would be the most misguided path the Lib Dem leader could follow - 13th January
 * culture is also at fault for this awful abuse'' - It was brave of Muslim voices to denounce sex gangs. But we have helped to make the victims easy prey - 6th January



Articles: 2010

 * glib anecdotage is blinding us to science'' - Is there really a global medical conspiracy against home births? Or is there merely one born every minute? - 29th December
 * to control riots: calm down and carry on'' - Some say get tougher on protesting students. Some say ease off. But restraint and common sense are enough - 16th December
 * is no Robin Hood. They were our secrets'' - The Assangeists don’t trust the State to run foreign or defence policy. So why do they trust it to run everything else? - 8th December
 * secret’s out: the Yanks are a force for good'' - The WikiLeaks cables prove that the world’s most powerful democracy is on our side, the side of liberty - 2nd December
 * for tennis on a level playing field?'' - Just because times are hard, there’s no excuse for seeking comfort in the nonsense thinking of the past - 25th November
 * hatters revel at the Tea Party of the Left'' - The Millbank riot has fired up Labour supporters to resurrect wild ideas of opposition for opposition’s sake - 19th November
 * politicians change. That’s what Bush did'' - The former President shifted from isolationism to a belief in intervention. His critics should study the facts - 11th November
 * Obama and the Tea Party went wrong'' - They campaigned as insurgents, fighting ‘Washington’, a childish illusion that there is another way. Grow up America - 4th November
 * what you like. You’ll probably be wrong'' - Most experts are no better at telling the future than a dustman. So why do we prize their simple certainties? - 28th October
 * solar lamp lights the way Britain must go'' - Which would you choose – inward-looking pessimism or cheering intellectual curiosity? Green or MacGregor? - 21st October
 * fees and U-turns on the road to hell'' - All parties have tripped up after turning a political posture into a principle on the hard subject of university funding - 14th October
 * can’t retreat into the Goves of academe'' - The Education Secretary’s prescriptions ignore ordinary life and the history of education over the past 30 years - 7th October
 * Miliband’s no leader. He’s too busy messaging'' - The new leader’s reluctance to pick a fight and keenness to play to the Left made for an unconvincing start - 30th September
 * more to fairness than what you earn'' - Universal benefits are a way for society to show that it supports those who deserve help, irrespective of need - 23rd September
 * not just the Tea Party that are mad as hatters'' - Politics should be about hard work and compromise rather than following the latest crazy demands of Left or Right - 16th September
 * atheists should want good religion'' - When millions find solace in churches, mosques and spiritual codes we should think twice before attacking faith - 9th September
 * is Labour’s future, MiliE is just its past'' - The elder brother is a bit geeky, but he is braver and has sounder instincts than his family rival for the leadership - 26th August
 * giving away £5m a reason for such hatred?'' - The reaction to Tony Blair’s donation is bewildering. The tone of his critics reveals a form of collective madness - 19th August
 * is no mystery over David Kelly’s death'' - A body, a knife, pills, a cut wrist — conspiracy theorists and campaigning doctors must accept the truth - 14th August
 * isn’t just brutal, it’s dangerous'' - The misogyny that leads to stonings and ‘honour’ killings also leads to poverty and, ultimately, terrorism - 12th August
 * war on drivers is over. More will die'' - All the evidence shows that speed cameras save lives. Only selfishness tells us otherwise - 5th August
 * put WikiLeaks on the moral high ground?'' - Secrecy causes damage, but so can disclosure. Julian Assange has no right to decide which makes the greater evil - 29th July
 * nice Mr Cameron away with the fairies?'' - Like Tony Blair, if he wishes something hard enough he believes it will happen - 23rd July
 * reform? Great. Thanks for warning us'' - An enormous upheaval in health has suddenly materialised. I’m sure we weren’t told about it before the election - 15th July
 * but learning to swim: living Labour fossils'' - Tory cuts and anti-union laws are designed to push the Opposition to the left - 8th July
 * reform, David: there is no alternative (vote)'' - If Ken can be bold on prisons, you can swing your party behind a new electoral system. If you don’t, you’ll be out - 1st July
 * reasons not to cheer the Budget'' - And a jeer for its opponents: stop pretending this was unforeseeable and unavoidable - 25th June
 * journey by rail into Europe’s heart of darkness'' - Think of the adventures you’ll have if you go by train rather than by air - 18th June
 * world won’t stop to let Britain get off'' - The PM tells us that our way of life has got to change – but I fear his ‘change’ is about returning to the past - 10th June
 * waves will crash on Turkey’s shore'' - If the flotilla incident turns Turks against Israel and towards the east, it should fill us with fear for the future - 3rd June
 * make Labour relevant. But not yet . . .'' - With the coalition getting all the attention, the Opposition’s would-be leaders have time to work out their message - 27th May
 * too much Old in this New Politics'' - Nick Clegg’s first big speech as Deputy PM was let down by evasion, contradiction and overblown rhetoric - 20th May
 * Politics is here. Now let’s have new votes'' - If Labour is serious about renewal it must lead the campaign for electoral reform. More than fairness is at stake - 13th May
 * how to vote? My contortions may help'' - I agree that it’s time for a change. Electoral reform is my top priority. So guess who am I going to vote for? - 6th May
 * came, we saw, but what did we really learn?'' - We can judge whether a leader is a grump-bucket. But on the big stuff they won’t tell us what we don’t want to hear - 30th April
 * have been waiting for this for years'' - Policies and ties don’t matter. Clegg represents the break from stale two-party politics that many crave - 23rd April
 * or conservatives? How can we tell?'' - He drives a Porsche and a Range Rover, but offsets his carbon. My candidate personifies modern Tory contradictions - 8th April
 * bombers were a threat once, they still are'' - We can fret about human rights or question the special relationship, but fundamentalist terrorism has not gone away - 1st April
 * Byers and the sad ghost of new Labour'' - The former Cabinet minister was tipped as a future leader. But his fall from grace mirrors that of his party - 23rd March
 * attitude to kids shows we need to grow up'' - The refusal to listen to voices of reason feeds our vengeful instincts towards young killers and rapists - 16th March
 * has moved forward. It’s time we did too'' - Seven years on, these elections are a miracle. But the anti-war brigade is too blinded by prejudice to see it - 9th March
 * truth is more valuable than privacy'' - Protection of personal information is the web’s latest ethical battleground. But is it the most important? - 1st March
 * campaigners reap what GM sowed'' - Global warming deniers are defying all the evidence now. But once it was the green movement that rejected science - 23rd February
 * lives should never belong to the public'' - Politicians have to pander to the relentless appetite for disclosure. But knowing too much can lead to bad mistakes - 16th February
 * Amnesty chose the wrong poster-boy'' - Collaboration with Moazzam Begg, an extremist who has supported jihadi movements, looks like a serious mistake - 9th February
 * peculiar urge to sack the England captain'' - Is adultery a sufficient reason? Or perhaps betraying a team-mate? A refresher in anthropology might provide an answer - 2nd February
 * Edlington boys are not beyond redemption'' - We treat child-raising as a matter of intense privacy for ourselves, but of overt public interest when it comes to others - 26th January
 * is real life, not an episode of Thunderbirds'' - Do we really expect heroes to swoop from the skies? It’s far too easy to criticise the rescue from the ignorance of home - 19th January
 * who wields the banana can wear the crown'' - Charges of dithering will not stick. David Miliband’s critics dislike his politics, not his refusal to challenge Gordon Brown - 12th January
 * anti-sex brigade are the worst of hypocrites'' - Those who want to police the behaviour of women and gays do not really have faith in their traditional vision of sexuality - 5th January



Articles: 2009

 * failed terrorists spell trouble'' - First the shoe bomber, now the pants bomber. But those who dismiss al-Qaeda are making a deadly mistake - 29th December
 * well that made us think, didn’t it?'' - Agreement was always going to be almost impossible. But it wasn’t a waste of time: it gave us a crash course eco-education - 22nd December
 * critics are asking the wrong questions'' - All the talk is of WMD, lies and the decision to go to war. But the Chilcot inquiry is uncovering a much bigger scandal - 15th December
 * it or not, Big Brother is your friend'' - A semi-apocalyptic report this year about the surveillance state has turned out to be partisan and full of holes - 8th December
 * up: we cannot wish away Iran’s bomb'' - Iraq and Afghanistan may seem problem enough, but this threat is too big to ignore. Only concerted sanctions will work - 1st December
 * away the figleaf and reveal naysayers'' - Lord Lawson’s foundation claims it wants a ‘balanced’ climate change debate. But really it wants to disprove the science - 24th November
 * goodness for our touchy-feely age'' - Of course we should apologise for callously deporting children abroad. It makes a genuine difference to those who suffered - 17th November
 * you live on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall?'' - It is becoming fashionable to prefer stability to democracy. The oppressed will never forgive us for such world-weariness - 10th November
 * suggest a night at the theatre, Mr Cameron'' - A sop to the party’s Europhobes has left the Conservative leader defending the indefensible. He should be ashamed - 3rd November
 * fear change, not immigration'' - Migration can enrich us but politicians are not brave enough to put the positive case - 27th October
 * steps to wrong-foot Griffin'' - The BNP leader won’t rant, so here’s some ammunition to fire at him on Question Time - 20th October
 * price of the ‘power tax’ is far too high'' - Our belief that senior politicians have forgone their right to privacy makes leadership impossible in a modern democracy - 13th October
 * shouldn't just play for laughs'' - Boris Johnson says Blair isn’t up to being EU president, but who has the better track record? - 6th October
 * Tories should beware the Irish'' - If the referendum backs the Lisbon treaty, Cameron will have to say where he stands on Europe - 29th September
 * demand to end my life when I want'' - Freud’s doctor helped him to die 70 years ago. Now more and more of us want that same final choice - 22nd September
 * those panting for spending cuts'' - Of course there is room for savings. But slashing spending for ideology’s sake will hit health and education where it hurts - 15th September
 * has crept up on us, again'' - Concern about civil liberties should not distract us from the very clear and present danger of terrorism - 8th September
 * absurd MEP should oppose Bercow'' - Nigel Farage, retiring leader of UKIP, is right to break with convention and stand against the Speaker - 5th September
 * up to the Colonel'' - Lockerbie was a plot against Americans. The US is right to be outraged by al-Megrahi's release - 25th August
 * thought for the undeserving rich'' - A High Pay Commission? Making people’s earnings public would create a fairer society – and be fun - 18th August
 * gives birth to some genuine hatred'' - Why does the American Right insist its opponents are not just wrong, but illegitimate; not mistaken, but anti-American? - 11th August
 * isn't bad for our young'' - The Archbishop of Westminster is just the latest in a long line of pessimists to be bewildered by youth - 4th August
 * Tories win over Holby Woman?'' - Shiny new candidates are appealing straight to the centre but plenty of the old school wait in the wings - 28th July
 * leave. And then horrors begin'' - Opponents of the war in Afghanistan ignore the consequences of withdrawal. We supporters live with the price of staying - 24th July
 * unrest in haze of conspiracy'' - Inventing secret plots is fun — except when done by an oppressive theocracy trying to conceal its crimes - 7th July
 * said school targets don’t work?'' - Teachers may be celebrating, but parents should fear another ‘golden age’ of learning - 30th June
 * if it's all in public, they'll cry whitewash'' - Of course the entire Iraq inquiry should be open. But that will take time and is still unlikely to satisfy critics of the war - 23rd June
 * to help Iran's reformers help themselves'' - Governments will tut and do nothing. But new technology means that individuals can support the protest movement - 16th June (See: Iran: summary)
 * five changes to make Labour electable'' - Fresh thinking is needed after the carnage at the polls. First, the party must close the gap between politics and real life - 9th JUne
 * George, I've got it! Now let's tell the MPs'' - Politicians are subject to non-stop scrutiny of their policies and personalities. Their failure to adapt has led to this crisis - 2nd June
 * show you mine if you show me yours'' - That's electoral reform, obviously. One subject is now top of every politician's agenda - 29th May
 * life. Esther won't clean up Westminster'' - You can try riots, fresh elections or independent candidates. But the real problem is a lack of public interest in politics - 19th May
 * we want democracy, we have to pay'' - We are intoxicated by our own outrage. When we sober up we'll face some tough decisions - 12th May
 * of God's return greatly exaggerated'' - Religion is on the rise, religion makes you happy. It may seem bad manners for we atheists to say it, but so do pets - 5th May
 * wand won't cure our ills'' - Encouraging the poor to stop smoking or to read to their children is unlikely to dent the intractable problem of inequality - 28th April
 * politicians, truth is never its own reward'' - Our leaders might be more honest with us if we were more likely to give them credit for being open about harsh reality - 21st April
 * is a disaster. Can Obama force change?'' - A small shift in US policy may not be enough for those struggling with tyranny, unemployment and crime in Havana - 14th April
 * policing of protests must change'' - The death of Ian Tomlinson throws up questions about collective guilt - 9th April
 * statistical lies'' - Did you hear the one about the Turin Shroud? Or bad pupil behaviour? The research was a joke - 7th April
 * war between Jade and the jaded'' - Cynicism comes as easily to a journalist as hyperbole - sometimes even in the same article. There is a small media industry to build a Goody-type phenomenon up and a slightly smaller one to lament that such a vulgarity exists at all - 4th April
 * prurience is a disgrace, not the porn films'' - Publishing the Home Secretary's personal bills for millions to read is as big a breach of privacy as one can imagine - 31st March
 * convicts, if you want to be fair'' - Civil libertarians who oppose the database state pick and choose which innocent people they are brave enough to defend - 24th March
 * mess everything up' - wrong'' - Yes, in a democracy stupid errors occur. But our constant carping ignores the greater danger: the rise of authoritarianism - 17th March
 * they've missed the pleasure of hating'' - The shooting at the Massereene Barracks wasn't designed to get rid of the British Army; it was designed to bring it back - 10th March
 * case of surveillance cameras'' - How often are we caught on CCTV? 300 times a day. In search of the truth about a big statistic - 3rd March
 * on Terror goes on - whatever we call it'' - Binyam Mohamed may have been maltreated, but that doesn't mean that the threat from Islamic theocracies is not real - 24th February
 * the dosh, it's choking you'' - Giving Abu Qatada compensation is a triumph for democracy over medievalism - 20th February
 * must hate kids to put them through this'' - People moan about invasion of privacy but are happy to see children exploited for their own sneering entertainment - 17th February
 * prejudice of the anti-MMR lobby'' - Campaigners were always irrational. Yet paranoia persists and children are more at risk than ever - 10th February
 * fear and loathing'' - The unofficial strike over foreign workers at Lindsey oil refinery was based on half-truths - 3rd February
 * together now: we're doomed'' - Most of us are not greedy or profligate. Yet we insist on blaming ourselves for the downturn - 27th January
 * ask what Obama can do for you...'' - If he is not to disappoint, a coalition of willing must be prepared to rethink entrenched positions - 20th January
 * revolting parade of the toughest'' - The so-called debate on immigration in Britain shows all three parties guilty of half-truths - 13th January
 * or Hannas, they're not black and white'' - Good and bad, victim and murderer, Jew or Palestinian or Nazi sympathiser... we can't afford our simplistic arguments - 6th January



Articles: 2008

 * enough pointless outrage about Gaza'' - The trouble is that we have no idea what the arguments inside Hamas are or how they are affected by Israeli actions - 30th December 2008
 * shoe is mightier than the grenade'' - One may protest in Baghdad but not Damascus. That is part of the legacy of the Iraq war - 23rd December 2008
 * mention crass Keynesian policy'' - It may be fun to watch the Tories lionising the Germans, but history backs economic intervention - 16th December 2008
 * Menezes was the 53rd victim of 7/7'' - The inquest jury was too harsh in its judgment of the actions of the police at Stockwell - 13th December 2008 (see: De Menezes jury record open verdict and rejects police version of shooting, The Times, 12th December 2008)
 * old-style subjects deaden minds?'' - The call for a new primary curriculum has met predictable opposition. But it is in a fine tradition - 9th December 2008
 * terrorists in search of a grievance'' - Those who wreaked havoc in Mumbai were not thinking of Kashmir. They were brainwashed by an ideology of hatred - 2nd December 2008
 * only one question: is this enough?'' - These are extraordinary times and normal matters of political debate are irrelevant to those who might lose their jobs - 25th November 2008
 * can never make itself respectable'' - Conditions ought to be ripe for the far Right. But its unsavoury militancy will always repel the voters - 20th November 2008
 * abusers when they're toddlers'' - After all the outrage and the prejudice about Baby P, the rational approach is to intervene early - 18th November 2008
 * mixed race dilemma'' - Obama says he is a 'mutt'. We, too, should acknowledge our fastest-growing ethnic minority - 11th November 2008
 * patient. Britain is getting fairer'' - We are quick to write off unsexy social projects. Support for children assists upwardly mobility - 4th November 2008
 * is no time for heroes with bad causes'' - We must resist being seduced by the revolutionary glamour of Che Guevara, Bobby Sands and Ulrika Meinhof - 28th October 2008
 * no future for prophets of doom'' - Those who are predicting the death of capitalism need new crystal balls - 7th October 2008
 * back (but not up to much)'' - If you want to join a tolerant, slightly sanctimonious, small-C conservative party, it's there in Birmingham - 30th September 2008
 * leader essential for next election'' - Labour has brought huge benefits to working people. But humiliation still looms for the party - 23rd September 2008
 * caught in a web of sinister untruths'' - The inventor of the internet is worried about the spread of conspiracy theories. A quick Google proved him right - 16th September 2008
 * could fall'' - The thing about population projections is that they are usually wrong. Our problem in future may be getting people to stay - 9th September 2008
 * things aren't so bad really'' - Tales of the decline of Britain are gloomy. Our Olympic success is one of many things to celebrate - 26th August 2008
 * web shrinks your brain? Rubbish'' - We should ignore the Jeremiahs who think the digital age is killing our ability to think - 13th August 2008
 * sees the real problem'' - Sacking the Foreign Secretary would not help the Government. It needs to persuade the voters instead - 26th August 2008
 * Completing the London Triathlon: I'm ready for more - How I fared in the London Triathlon - 16th August 2008
 * The internet shrinks your brain? What rubbish - We should ignore the Jeremiahs who think the digital age is killing our ability to think - 13th August 2008
 * I am a fragmenophile - The Times correspondent finds love in the rocks - 9th August 2008
 * David Miliband sees to the heart of Labour's problems - Sacking the Foreign Secretary would not help the Government. It needs to find an argument to put to the voters instead - 5th August 2008
 * David Aaronovitch: one week to go until the triathlon - How Times columnist David Aaronovitch is feeling the week before the triathlon. Is he ready? - 2nd August 2008
 * Abortion: a worrying tale of leeches - The viability of a baby at 24 weeks has not changed in years - so why this renewed debate? - 20th May 2008
 * ‘Listening’ politicians are a menace - If a politician does what I want and not what is best, that is not what I pay my taxes for - 6th May 2008
 * Post offices: we killed them - Everybody seems to want to save them. But get real. Hardly anyone uses them much these days - 8th April 2008
 * Dammit, I think I've had a change of heart - Of course the culture of complaint and 4x4s are a good thing - 1st April 2008
 * Who wants to kill the elderly? - I'm still waiting to hear back from the Bishop of Durham - 31st March 2008
 * Wicked untruths from the Church - The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is stoking up indefensible views - 25th March 2008
 * Supermac, a true hero for the old Left - The left-wing playwright Howard Brenton tells how he was seduced by Tory PM Harold Macmillan, the hero of his latest work - 24th March 2008
 * My oath to the Land of No - How British to sneer at the idea of a vow of loyalty and continue a tradition of negativity - 18th March 2008
 * The future is where all the judgments must be made - The Great Divide: Times writers continue the debate that still splits the country - 17th March 2008
 * The sanctions were failing, people were dying - David Aaronovitch: For the war (Iraq invasion debate) - 14th March 2008
 * It's Horrid Ken v Chaotic Boris - He has his unattractive side but the present mayor of London has got the big issues right - 11th March 2008
 * No Heathrow runway? Stop flying - The objectors to the Heathrow expansion are hypocrites if they plan to use planes as normal - 4th March 2008
 * Ignore the paranoid fantasists - It has become an intelligentsia default position, or IDP for short, that we in Britain are - as one of my favourite intellectuals put it the other day - “sleepwalking into a surveillance society” - 26th February 2008
 * Portillo on Thatcher as Tory pin-up - A BBC documentary reveals the extent of the Tories' love for Margaret Thatcher - 23rd February 2008
 * Dave versus David - What does your name say about you, and do others judge you because of it? - 21st February 2008
 * Ignore GPs. Polyclinics are the future - Cradle-to-grave healthcare is as realistic as Dr Finlay's Casebook. We need specialists - 19th February 2008
 * I've read it so you don't have to - The Archbishop of Canterbury meant well and was quite aware of some of the objections - 12th February 2008
 * Flat Earth News by Nick Davies - book review - 8th February 2008
 * No retreat from the War on Terror - If the West backs out of Afghanistan the consequences would be plainly catastrophic - 5th February 2008
 * A time of split-screen politics - What we see on the surface of the presidential race has little connection with reality - 29th January 2008
 * Another day of internet abuse - Why has Oprah disappeared? Why did an ambassador insult me? More online mysteries... - 22nd January 2008
 * A green light for red-light areas - Ignore the Swedes. I can see nothing wrong with paid sex between consenting adults - 15th January 2008
 * The Second Plane by Martin Amis - book review - 11th January 2008
 * White woman v black man. One's got problems - Never underestimate the misogyny of the American voter. Barack has his flaws but he'll probably beat Hillary - 8th January 2008



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