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Call More Midwives

Since the inauguration of the NHS, governments have increasingly paid lip service to midwives. We must not let this precious asset be further marginalised

February 25, 2013

Counterpoints·Health

Default Lines

An arcane deal for the UK to write off a chunk of Argentina's debt in exchange for an end to squabbling over the Falklands was turned down by the British government. It

February 25, 2013

Counterpoints·Economy·Latin America

ONLINE ONLY: What’s the Difference Between Heroin and Cigarettes?

With heroin addicts, doctors focus on harm reduction—why don't they do the same with smokers?

February 13, 2013

Features·Health

ONLINE ONLY: Shelf Life

The Pleasure of Thinking is a window on the eclectic library and well-oiled mind of Theodore Dalrymple

February 1, 2013

Books·Literature

ONLINE ONLY: Will Shale Gas Save the British Economy?

A tax windfall from fracking in the North East would merely delay the inevitable day of reckoning for a bloated public sector

January 28, 2013

Economy·Energy·Environment·Features·UK Politics

ONLINE ONLY: A Healthcare System Suffocated by Bureaucrats

Jeremy Hunt claims events at Stafford Hospital were a betrayal of the principles of the NHS. In fact, they were their apotheosis

January 11, 2013

Features·Health·UK Politics

Brutally Frank

Canada's Frank Marshall didn't succeed in conquering the world of chess, but his aggressive tactics were universally feared

December 18, 2012

Chess

England’s Forgotten Symphonist

A long time blacklisted by the snobbish BBC, George Lloyd is the greatest English symphonist you've never heard of

December 18, 2012

Culture & Anarchy·Music

Rights and Wrongs

The Case of Lilian Ladele, hounded out of her job as a registrar for her Christian beliefs, is evidence of a rising religious intolerance

December 17, 2012

Counterpoints·The Catholic Church·The Church of England

Star of the East

Blogger Han Han targets the official media and politicians but his omissions of subjects like Tibet highlights the limits of dissent in China

December 17, 2012

China·Counterpoints

Pyrrhic Victory

Alex Salmond is pinning his success on the high-risk gamble that the EU will accept an independent Scotland as a full member. It won't

December 17, 2012

Counterpoints·UK Politics·Westminster

Jocks Away

Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy's Jewish Jocks features some real life He-Menschen, but also a host of anti-jocks: tennis's first transexual player and the world record hot dog competition eater

December 17, 2012

Counterpoints·Judaism·Sport

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