December 2008
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Columns
Cosmos
Where Did the Big Bang Come From?
MICHAEL HELLERThe story of Georges Lemaître shows how cosmology moves in mysterious ways
Marketplace
TIM CONGDON
‘Gordon Brown needs to be warned that everyone, even Prime Ministers, must obey the law’
The Outsider
DOUGLAS MURRAY
‘I have finished yet another round of talks at universities. I am both impressed and disheartened’
Points East and West
EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI
‘Obama will try to succeed in the Middle East where Clinton and Bush failed’
Utopia
The Limits of Liberty
ALAIN DE BOTTONWe should demand more cultural regulation to help us to focus on the best thoughts and words
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