Sasha Abramsky March 1, 2008 6:00 PMBy cutting interest rates rather than combating inflation, the US is propping up the middle class consumer lifestyle at the expense of the poor
Robert Weintraub March 1, 2008 5:00 PMNascar, America's fourth most popular sport, is attempting to extend its commercial appeal beyond its southern roots - and alienating fans in the process
John M Shalikashvili March 1, 2008 4:00 PMThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's strategy needs to be radically restructured for the 21st century
Faisal al Yafai March 1, 2008 3:00 PMIn Irina Kazulina, Belarus has lost a powerful symbol of opposition. Let's hope her legacy will be change
Seth Freedman March 1, 2008 2:00 PMThe right wing of Israeli politics has convinced itself that they represent the country's best interests and everyone else is beyond salvation
Brian Brivati March 1, 2008 1:00 PMDespite Iraq and other problems, the imperative of democracy remains the most potent force in the world
Joschka Fischer March 1, 2008 12:00 PMIn the globalised world of the 21st century, selective modernisation is likely to be dangerous
Andrew Tyler March 1, 2008 11:00 AMCampaigning against battery-farming is all very well. But better by far not to eat chicken at all
Phil Shiner March 1, 2008 10:00 AMPhilip Zimbardo's analysis of how, psychologically, we permit torture is spot-on. But how did we allow it politically?
David Boaz February 29, 2008 10:30 PMWhy do conservatives support laws against discrimination for characteristics that they approve of, but not for characteristics they don't approve of?
Leslie Savan February 29, 2008 10:00 PMUS elections 2008: Hillary Clinton's new ad plays on people's fears in order to distract from more substantive questions
Mark Bell February 29, 2008 9:00 PMUS elections 2008: With the supreme court split on the issue of abortion, the next president will likely dictate whether Roe v Wade is overturned
Daniel Baer February 29, 2008 8:00 PMUS elections 2008: The fervent support for Barack Obama verges on religious faith - and in doing so threatens one of our core democratic values
Nina Khrushchev February 29, 2008 7:30 PMVladimir Putin's successor does offer some hope that Russia will no longer be controlled by former spys and military men
Rachael Brown February 29, 2008 7:00 PMA slew of new studies show that American schoolchildren don't know basic facts, but critics are too quick to blame the Bush administration's education policy
Yvonne Roberts February 29, 2008 6:30 PMWhere have all the rightwing comedians gone? As lefties take over mainstream comedy, your country needs you...
Brian Klug February 29, 2008 6:00 PMWhat did the Israeli minister mean when he talked of a 'shoah' befalling the Palestinians in Gaza?
Leader February 29, 2008 5:30 PMAs long as the necessary media blackout on Prince Harry's service lasted, his role in a failing war could not be debated. Now it must be
Rowenna Davis February 29, 2008 5:00 PMThe government's new immigration plans simplify a complex system, but they are hard to justify economically
Simon Jenkins February 29, 2008 4:30 PMWhoever sent Harry to Afghanistan was taking an almighty risk, apparently motivated by the fear of adverse publicity
Tony Belton February 29, 2008 4:00 PMLondon elections 08: There is no check or balance on the mayor; his relationship with the elected assembly must change
John Palmer February 29, 2008 3:00 PMWith global famine looming, it's just as well we have returned to policies that encourage food production
Ali Eteraz February 29, 2008 2:30 PMThere is no need to be impressed by Turkey's hadith reform; it's mostly fool's gold
George Galloway February 29, 2008 2:00 PMIn their acclaim for this new Prince Hal, the media have once again made themselves the useful idiots of disastrous military adventurism
Anne McElvoy February 29, 2008 1:30 PMIan Austin is wrong: of course David Cameron didn't ally himself with the Jam's politics. But he was part of their generation
Yvonne Roberts February 29, 2008 1:00 PMA 'real' man is a breadwinner, a wage slave working every hour to put food on the table. Isn't he?
Open Thread February 29, 2008 12:30 PMIn a world of 'sandwich artists', 'lizard wranglers' and 'chief geeks', how would your job name be reframed?
Anita Inder Singh February 29, 2008 12:00 PMPakistan's exporting of extremists to Afghanistan has frustrated its Nato and US allies at every turn
Peter Wilby February 29, 2008 11:30 AMThe press were suckered into a news blackout of Prince Harry in Afghanistan: the implications will only feed the conspiracy machine
Inayat Bunglawala February 29, 2008 11:00 AMThe struggle against the IRA brought miscarriages of justice we would not be proud of today. Are we making the same mistakes again?
Ian Mulheirn February 29, 2008 10:36 AMThe government's 2010 deadline for progress on child poverty threatens to thwart the noble end it seeks
Cath Elliott February 29, 2008 10:30 AMIn a leap year, women are 'allowed' to propose. I don't know what came over me, but on February 29 1988, I did just that
David Wilson February 29, 2008 10:00 AMWhy it is that children's homes, supposedly designed to protect the vulnerable, have instead become sites of abuse?
Andrew Lansley February 29, 2008 9:30 AMThe government's backtracking and mismanagement of the NHS are stifling innovation and alienating the public
Robert Fox February 29, 2008 9:00 AMPrince Harry deserves good publicity for his active service, but this is also an opportunity to look long and hard at our presence in Afghanistan
Conor Foley February 29, 2008 8:30 AMIt's time the conspiracy theorists accepted that oil had nothing to do with the US invasion of Afghanistan
Rebecca Hosking February 29, 2008 8:00 AMConcern about the environment is not the preserve of leftwing greens: good on the Daily Mail for its anti-plastic campaign
Ian Williams February 28, 2008 10:00 PMWilliam F Buckley's arrogant, aristocratic brand of conservatism was designed simply to protect America's elite
Matthew Harwood February 28, 2008 9:00 PMThe US army's new field manual represents a stern rebuke of the Bush administration's military policies but may shift too far in the opposite direction
Alex Bigham February 28, 2008 8:30 PMNever mind the firebrands. If anyone is capable of representing Muslims, it's Malaysia's Abullah Badawi
Lawrence Friedman February 28, 2008 8:00 PMUS elections 2008: John McCain's eligibility to be president hinges on an antiquated rule that should be stripped from the constitution
Alan Sokal February 28, 2008 7:30 PMPublic policy decisions should be based on evidence. So why are taxpayers funding faith schools and alternative therapies?
Michael Tomasky February 28, 2008 7:00 PMUS elections 2008: Mike Bloomberg's decision not to try for the presidency raises the question: who will he endorse?
John Harris February 28, 2008 6:30 PMHis musicians weren't working hard enough, so EMI's boss handed artistic control to his execs. Oh dear
Stephen Kinzer February 28, 2008 6:00 PMThe repeal of Turkey's headscarf ban is a sign of democracy, but it must be accompanied by a commitment to free choice
Norman Lamb February 28, 2008 5:30 PMThe Dangerous Dogs Act have proved in ineffective piece of legislation, too hurriedly introduced. We need a new law, now
Sean Jacobs February 28, 2008 5:00 PMRecent incidents have illuminated what no one in the west wants to know: racism is alive and well in South Africa
Nicholas Blincoe February 28, 2008 4:30 PMLondon elections 08: Social housing has been badly managed and now it could turn into a big issue for voters
Sunder Katwala February 28, 2008 4:00 PMTrevor Phillips has long championed a new politics of race, which makes his ill-judged attack on Barack Obama hard to understand
Charles Leadbeater February 28, 2008 3:30 PMWhen I asked for internet input on a non-fiction book, I was wary of criticism or lack of interest: now I wouldn't do it any other way
Imtiaz Farookhi February 28, 2008 3:00 PMBy 2016, the government wants all new houses to be carbon neutral. It's a very, very tall order
Iain Macwhirter February 28, 2008 2:30 PMChris Harvie is being unfairly pilloried for telling it like it is: much of urban Scotland is a wasteland
Harry Phibbs February 28, 2008 2:00 PMSome may treat drinking Fairtrade coffee as an act of faith, but it doesn't necessarily help the poorest farmers
Rahila Gupta February 28, 2008 1:00 PMEven before the Forced Marriage Act becomes law, the Conservatives are setting out to undermine it and the government looks nervous
Jackie Ashley February 28, 2008 12:30 PMDirect action is back. But with Labour being the new establishment, people power is coming from elsewhere
Jonathan Ivinson February 28, 2008 12:00 PMIn the modern global economy corporate taxpayers are no longer captive - if the tax is too high they can go elsewhere
Open Thread February 28, 2008 11:30 AMAre you happy to pay 5p a time for plastic carrier bags at Marks & Spencer?
Tim Footman February 28, 2008 11:00 AMDespite the Black Crowes' faux outrage, journalists might be even more scathing if they're forced to listen to entire albums
Ali Eteraz February 28, 2008 10:30 AMThe Prophet Muhammad was the first person to establish an Islamic state - and he should have been the last
Ian Austin February 28, 2008 10:00 AMSo we never have to suffer the Tory leader's nonsense again, let me set out the facts about the Jam
Khaled Diab February 28, 2008 9:30 AMWant to fulfil your dreams and be happy? Why not ad liberate yourself today? Now available in convenient 30-second doses
Margus Laidre February 28, 2008 9:00 AMEstonia shows that it is perfectly possible to be a patriot and good European at the same time.
RW Johnson February 28, 2008 8:30 AMJacob Zuma's attendance of a blacks only meeting of journalists risks encouraging a divided South Africa that panders to racism
Adam Rutherford February 28, 2008 8:00 AMLondon Underground has banned an ad in which a slightly podgy bloke in pink boxer shorts is crucified
Seth Freedman February 28, 2008 7:00 AMThe differing aspirations of Israeli and Palestinian children attending the same charity highlight the dangers of equating their suffering
Roger Kimball February 27, 2008 10:00 PMFrom founding the National Review to reinvigorating US conservativism, William F Buckley's catalogue of achievements and contributions was formidable
Bruce Katz February 27, 2008 9:00 PMUS elections 2008: In a speech in London today, I outlined the reasons why America's presidential nominees need to pay attention to country's 'metros'
Sunny Hundal February 27, 2008 8:30 PMThese days everybody wants to save Asian women. But very little of the hot air is backed up by action, or funding
Simon Hattenstone February 27, 2008 8:00 PMThe male habit of, ahem, adjusting oneself in public is a ticklish issue, but this Italian judgment is simply balls
Dan Kennedy February 27, 2008 7:30 PMUS elections 2008: The US media scored last night's Democratic debate and declared Clinton's performance peevish, petty and unpresidential
Rick Perlstein February 27, 2008 6:30 PMWilliam F Buckley, who died today at 82, genuinely respected his ideological adversaries - in stark contrast to today's demonisation of political opponents
David Sassoon February 27, 2008 6:00 PMToday, even oil tycoons and financial corporations are working to address climate change, but the Wall Street Journal still denies that the problem exists
Steve Rolles February 27, 2008 5:30 PMThe government keeps returning to a punitive-prohibitionist stance on drugs when every informed view, including its own analysts', advises otherwise
Jeff Jarvis February 27, 2008 5:01 PMThe European commission's record fine on Microsoft is a clear case of kicking a guy when he's down
Michael Tomasky February 27, 2008 4:30 PMUS elections 2008: As he did during last night's debate, Barack Obama is certain to face uncomfortable questions over racial and religious politics
Prem Sikka February 27, 2008 4:00 PMFinancial institutions are not going to voluntarily embrace honesty and social responsibility - there is little evidence they do so now
Brendan O'Neill February 27, 2008 3:33 PMIt is a shame parliament's roof was occupied by such a middle-class, miserablist bunch as the anti-flying squad
Paul Flynn MP February 27, 2008 3:00 PMAmid all the hype about the government's new 10-year drug strategy, does anyone remember that the last one failed?
Ilana Bet-El February 27, 2008 2:30 PMWithout a greater resolve, US and European forces in Afghanistan risk putting the future of the Nato alliance, and our lives, in danger
Phil Taylor February 27, 2008 2:00 PMLondon elections 08: Most Londoners probably have little idea just how much of their money the mayor spends on pet projects. We should be told
Lola Adesioye February 27, 2008 1:30 PMThe immigration debate misses a crucial point: those living here cannot help being shaped by the culture. They are British - like me
Gregor Gall February 27, 2008 1:00 PMHer diagnosis of our social ills is spot on. But Polly Toynbee is asking the wrong people for remedies
Tom Clark February 27, 2008 12:30 PMRebel Labour MPs are right on principle to reject Brown's plans to extend detention without trial
Alex Singleton February 27, 2008 12:00 PMThe recent award of a Fairtrade Foundation symbol to Tate & Lyle sugar undermines the ethos of the movement and leaves a bitter aftertaste
Robert Fox February 27, 2008 11:30 AMThe released documents on the Iraq war will shed some light but mainly they will reiterate the fact that it was a war of choice: a very bad choice
Richard George February 27, 2008 11:00 AMWe're taking direct action because consultation over Heathrow airport's third runway has not been a democratic process
Open Thread February 27, 2008 10:30 AMDid the earth move for you?
Francis Beckett February 27, 2008 10:00 AMAs long as we are force-fed the idea by government that education operates in a market, we will have failing schools. We must change tack
Sunder Katwala February 27, 2008 9:30 AMLondon elections 08: Ken can succeed by unifying London's progressive majority and setting an example nationally
Asim Siddiqui February 27, 2008 9:00 AMThe new edition of a book by a respected academic highlights just how illusory the Islamist project really was
Mark McDonald February 27, 2008 8:30 AMIt is mismanagement and lack of training that is responsible for the appearance of sleaze in the Labour party and it puts the government at risk
Kate Bevan February 27, 2008 8:00 AMWebsites promoting anorexia as a lifestyle choice are revolting, but politicians' attempts to ban them are pointless and dangerous
Richard Adams February 27, 2008 5:00 AMUS elections 2008: Once again, the promise of a debate punch-up between Clinton and Obama turned into a mildly fractious talkathon
Ali Eteraz February 27, 2008 1:00 AMIn India, 20,000 Islamic scholars from the Deoband sect condemned terrorism as unIslamic but the exact impact of the move is yet to be determined
Martin Kettle February 26, 2008 10:00 PMThere is no more fascinating country in Europe at this moment than Turkey, so why do we know so little about what's going on there?
Conor Foley February 26, 2008 9:30 PMThe west's money for reconstruction in Afghanistan has been spent appallingly in ways that have done little to help the people
David Weigel February 26, 2008 9:00 PMUS elections 2008: Critics who dismiss Obama as a cult of personality ignore Americans' longstanding expectation that their president be a hero
David Cox February 26, 2008 8:30 PMThe cult of youth is impoverishing public life, at least on the eastern side of the Atlantic
Jake Bernstein February 26, 2008 8:00 PMUS elections 2008: Hillary's strategy in Texas might have made sense 30 years ago but it fails to account for recent demographic changes
Ariane Sherine February 26, 2008 7:30 PMI know from experience that SSRIs like Prozac are not the answer to depression
Josette Sheeran February 26, 2008 7:00 PMRising food prices are now affecting communities that had previously been protected from the scourge of hunger
Michael Tomasky February 26, 2008 6:30 PMUS elections 2008: The Clinton campaign's reaction to an image of Barack Obama in a turban is a sad symptom of its recklessness
Dylan Loewe February 26, 2008 6:00 PMUS elections 2008: As his explanation begins to unravel, the New York Times investigation may yet doom McCain's presidential hopes
Brian Whitaker February 26, 2008 5:30 PMA new version of the Prophet's sayings is due to appear - as approved by Turkey's Department of Religious Affairs
Sarah Allen February 26, 2008 5:00 PMEvery Starbucks in the US is closing today to train baristas in the art of espresso - but what they will learn in their three-hour session is just a start
Joanna Moncrieff February 26, 2008 4:30 PMNow we know that antidepressants were oversold by their makers, we should look critically at the next generation of drugs they're pushing
Tony Murphy February 26, 2008 4:00 PMThe IPCC has instituted and overseen a chaotic system which has comprehensively failed complainants: that is why we lawyers have resigned
David Cronin February 26, 2008 3:30 PMThe refusal of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to call the government to account on rendition fails our democracy
Sarah Boseley February 26, 2008 3:00 PMThe big question raised by today's study on antidepressants is why drug companies control data on their products and not governments
Kate Johnson February 26, 2008 2:30 PMSales of Britain's favourite celebrity magazines are falling, it seems. Are we suffering from gossip fatigue?
Tim Footman February 26, 2008 2:00 PMUS elections 2008: Clinton's best hope is to paint Obama as suspiciously cosmopolitan, playing into Americans' fear of anything foreign
Ryan Thompson February 26, 2008 1:30 PMBeneath the version of Jersey that the tourist board wants you to see is a much darker story of isolationism and unchecked brutality
Ann Robinson February 26, 2008 1:00 PMThere's no need to panic about today's study on the ineffectiveness of antidepressants. They still have a role to play
Simon Tisdall February 26, 2008 12:30 PMDespite hawks' insistence that a military confrontation between China and the US over Taiwan is inevitable, a diplomatic solution seems more likely
Louise Hutchins February 26, 2008 12:00 PMThe Tory leader is making a big mistake to lend support to the anti-abortion lobby - which has the ultimate aim of outlawing women's right to choose
Dave Hill February 26, 2008 11:30 AMLondon elections 08: Ken Livingstone needs to up his game to see off the Evening Standard and Boris Johnson. Last night he showed signs of doing it
Open Thread February 26, 2008 11:00 AMUS elections 2008: Hillary Clinton has one last shot at winning the Democratic primary next week. What would you advise her to do: throw mud or play nice?
David Hencke February 26, 2008 10:30 AMMichael Martin is no saint, but the whole system of MPs' expenses is rotten to the core and must be reformed as soon as possible
Peter Tatchell February 26, 2008 10:00 AMHelp make public ownership a success, and give a poke in the eye to the free-market rogues who created the banking crisis
Andrew Brown February 26, 2008 9:30 AMThose who say the teaching of religious belief to the young is a form of child abuse are blinded to human rights
Jeremy Leggett February 26, 2008 9:00 AMA recent German experiment shows that renewable energy, harnessed on a national scale, can indeed replace fossil fuels and nuclear power
Christopher Harvie February 26, 2008 8:30 AMAndrew Neil is still attacking devolution: the Scottish press need to stop being so influenced and move the debate forward
Neil O'Brien February 26, 2008 8:00 AMNick Clegg is only calling for a referendum on 'in or out of Europe' to cover up the fact he is against one on the real issue - the constitutional treaty
Seth Freedman February 26, 2008 7:00 AMArcheological digs in Silwan, east Jerusalem, are being used by hardliners to justify the settlement of Israelis in an Arab village
Dean Baker February 25, 2008 9:30 PMThe US government's scheme for aiding homeowners by purchasing their bad mortgages is great for bankers - and terrible for everyone else
Bibi van der Zee February 25, 2008 9:00 PMNobody gets it. Ralph Nader isn't arrogant, he's an idealist
Dan Gillmor February 25, 2008 8:30 PMTrying to remove documents from the internet isn't just a fruitless excercise - it can be abusive restraint on free speech
Ian Williams February 25, 2008 8:00 PMDiego Garcia is the oceanic tombstone of British independence. The UK's violation of international law there is yet another of its epitaphs
Arif Rafiq February 25, 2008 7:30 PMThe Bush administration's forceful manipulation of Pakistan's political leadership is dangerous for Pakistan and the US
Joss Garman February 25, 2008 7:00 PMToday's Greenpeace demo at Heathrow upped the ante of climate change activism. But if that's what it takes to get the government to act...
Michael Tomasky February 25, 2008 6:30 PMUS elections 2008: Hillary Clinton should fire her top advisers and spend the week telling voters why she is the better choice for president
Helena Smith February 25, 2008 6:00 PMBy electing Demetris Christofias as president, Greek Cypriots have taken an implicit step towards the island's reunification. Will they go the distance?
Leo Hickman February 25, 2008 5:30 PMMatch of the Day's replay of Eduardo Da Silva's horrific injury was gratuitous and undermines the BBC's editorial guidelines
Jeff Jarvis February 25, 2008 5:00 PMUS elections 08: The New York Times acts like a scandal-sheet in hinting that John McCain had an affair - and then acts surprised when readers notice
Meera Selva February 25, 2008 4:30 PMThe government and leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army have agreed to a permanent ceasefire - but will it hold?
Inayat Bunglawala February 25, 2008 4:00 PMSome Muslim anti-evolutionists will be presenting their case at a British university tomorrow
Anne Perkins February 25, 2008 3:30 PMThose who complain about the success of private schools should turn their attention to the failure of state schools
Theo Hobson February 25, 2008 3:00 PMDisestablishment will end the pretence that we have a liberal established church that underwrites our liberal society
Tony Juniper February 25, 2008 2:30 PMIf Richard Branson was really serious about climate change, he would help persuade the government to shelve Heathrow's third runway
Nathanael Arnott-Davies February 25, 2008 2:00 PMIt is absurd to blame state schools for failing to deliver greater equality of opportunity as long as middle-class parents can opt out
Open Thread February 25, 2008 1:30 PMIf food such as foie gras can be added to the UN's world heritage list, what else could qualify?
Jonathan Rutherford February 25, 2008 1:00 PMLike the Labour party, David Goodhart has succumbed to the right's ideology: but economic inequality, not race, causes cultural division
Anna Di Lellio February 25, 2008 12:30 PMThe fundamentalist ideology tying Serbia's existence to a highly inspirational view of Kosovo encourages violence and defies the law
Martin Bell February 25, 2008 12:00 PMEvery day that Michael Martin continues as Speaker, trust in public life is eroded further. He must do the honourable thing and resign
Cath Elliott February 25, 2008 11:30 AMWomen and ethnic minorities are still underrepresented in virtually all walks of life, despite decades of equality legislation
Open Letter February 25, 2008 11:00 AMLondon elections 08: We believe London is a fairer, more tolerant and sustainable city because of Ken Livingstone. He must be re-elected
Petra Marquardt-Bigman February 25, 2008 10:30 AMJust as extremists in real life have often succeeded in sabotaging peace efforts, cyber extremists succeed in closing down debates
Tanzilya Salimdjanova February 25, 2008 10:00 AMFifteen years after the break-up of the Soviet Union, restrictions on election monitoring are impeding democracy
Rowenna Davis February 25, 2008 9:00 AMThe latest figures on prison overcrowding should prompt us to review our sentencing policy for young offenders
Kate Bevan February 25, 2008 8:00 AMWe often talk about teaching children to be responsible when using the internet, but it would be more useful if adults could get it right first
Sasha Abramsky February 24, 2008 9:00 PMUS elections 2008: Ralph Nader's latest presidential run is a pathetic bid for the spotlight that risks devaluing his previous career
Jeffrey Sachs February 24, 2008 5:00 PMThe world is used to working together on finance and weapons: now we need a global response to the challenges of the future
Gareth Thomas February 24, 2008 3:00 PMThe Tories' supposed enthusiasm for the cooperative movement is just a publicity stunt, as the party's history shows
Tom Porteous February 24, 2008 11:00 AMThe foreign secretary has called for greater support for people living under repressive regimes. In China, we'll see if he means it