Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Torture: a good case for just saying "no"

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When measures to defend a society undermine its fundamental values, just what are they defending? The revelations by a US Senate committee...
Monday, 8 December 2014

We don't have to let the elite roll back our achievements, but if we don't stop them, they will

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“Very well, alone!” exclaims the lone Tommy, standing on a rock amid raging seas and shaking his fist at a stormy sky with warplanes headi...
Sunday, 7 December 2014

The emancipating effect of confronting the undecidable

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Pretty well everyone knows of some of the great breakthroughs that occurred in the twentieth century. We’re all aware, even if we don’t unde...
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Saturday, 6 December 2014

Joyless Jews, a victim and his torturer, breaking codes

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The Israelis are extraordinarily good at making films that shine a flashlight into the corners of their existence. Prisoners of War ( Hatuf...
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Friday, 5 December 2014

Holiday destination, Walhalla

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Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, I’m told by my brother who tends to know about these things, was perhaps not really as mad as his reputation sug...
Wednesday, 3 December 2014

A dire anniversary, which calls for action

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Thirty years ago today, on 3 December 1984, the people of Bhopal in Central India woke up to the realisation that their city had been the v...
Monday, 1 December 2014

Immigration: aiming at the wrong target

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We never seem to stop talking about immigration these days. And yet the real problem we face isn’t immigration – it’s precisely all that tal...
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