Issue 91
October 2003
Contents
Karl Marx
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Marx will not take the blame for communism and the gulag. But he enjoys his continuing influence in the academy
Out of Africa: human roots
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Modern genetics has now shown that the "out of Africa" theory is correct.
Bernard-Henri Lévy
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The Parisian war philosopher's book on Daniel Pearl fails in basic journalistic discipline and verges on dishonesty
A plague on all our houses
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There is a rat for every person in the British Isles. Our way of life has invited them in
The odd couple
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What exactly are the differences between Blair and Brown?
Touching tongues
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Don't worry about the extinction of ancient languages; celebrate the new dialects. Consider Spanglish and Hinglish
Blair's five wars
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Iraq has severed the thread of Blairite foreign policy. This fifth war may turn out to have been his last
Hope is not enough
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The UN faces irrelevance. It cannot simply assume a moral posture and hope for a better world
Explaining apathy
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"Social capital" explains less than its proponents think
Too many kids
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Why are some societies more violent than others? Because they're too young
After Hutton
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The Hutton inquiry has little to do with freedom of information
Last of the magicians
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Every era views Isaac Newton through the prism of its own concerns. That's why we're obsessed with his alchemy
Eagleton or Kermode?
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One foundered on his showy idealism, while the other maintained an English critical cool
The admirable Mr Blunkett
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The home secretary embodies third-way thinking with passion and integrity.
Witness to the world
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The term "travel writer" fails to express the literary range of master stylist Norman Lewis.