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A Military Solution for Afghanistan

Now that the insurgency is cracking, the time has come for Nato to send more troops into the war zone to finish off the job

October 22, 2009

Afghanistan·Defence·Features·Military·War on Terror

A Good Look at Logic

Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitrou

October 22, 2009

Art·Books·Philosophy

1688 and All That

1688: The First Modern Revolution by Steve Pincus

October 22, 2009

Books·History

‘Living Wills’ Leave Patients to Die

“When in doubt, treat” used to be the rule for doctors. Not any more A young woman arrives by ambulance at A&E, having taken an overdose. It’s a routine event, with what —

October 19, 2009

Cosmos·Health

Bloodstained Chancer

Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service

September 23, 2009

Books·History·Russia

Entrenched Enemies

The American Civil War: A Military History by John Keegan

September 23, 2009

Books·History·Military·North America

Poetic Justice

Opal Sunset: Selected Poems 1958-2008 and The Revolt of the Pendulum: Essays 2005-2008 by Clive James

September 23, 2009

Books·Literature

The Paganisation of Western Culture

We in the Western World have moved on from Christianity to worship the pagan gods of power, money, sex and fame

September 22, 2009

Critique·Faith·Judaism·The Catholic Church·The Church of England

Moscow: Putin’s Empire Strikes Out

Russians cling to the idea of being a great power, even though the quest for empire has become illusory and self-destructive. Can a new generation change this?

September 22, 2009

Dispatches·Eastern Europe·Russia

Germany: Heidegger – Being, Time and Place

For more than 50 years Martin Heidegger worked up in the mountain resort of Todtnauberg, at a simple desk looking east. It is not surprising that the philosopher chose to dwell in

September 22, 2009

Dispatches·Germany·Philosophy