Issue 95
February 2004
Contents
The Microsoft killers
20th February 2004 — Issue 95
Open source software has come of age, and open source working methods are spreading beyond computers
Martin Bell
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By proposing a "journalism of attachment," Bell led lesser reporters down a false trail.
Online addict
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My name is Kate, and I am desperately addicted to bidding for antiques on eBay
Can Israel disengage?
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An ardent British supporter of Israel leaves the country convinced the occupation is destroying the Jewish soul
Too diverse?
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Is Britain becoming too diverse to sustain the mutual obligations behind a good society and the welfare state?
Brussels breakdown
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The failure to agree an EU constitution had many culprits. An insider spills the beans
Wasted warships
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The world changed after the cold war, but the Royal Navy stayed the same. After 11 years' service, I feel I have no choice but to leave
Free rider phobia
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Nearly half of us think that other people get unfair welfare priority
A sucker's rally?
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Some argue that the stock market downturn was too shallow
Prospect theory
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Does our "loss aversion" explain enthusiasm for a graduate tax?
A dangerous myth
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Americans have no reason to be suspicious of international law
The DWEMs are back
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Dead White European Males are objectively best, according to Charles Murray
A taste for the strange
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Robert Irwin is a great historian of the medieval Arab world
Looking up to Oz
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Ausatralian fiction has developed a power that reverses the cultural cringe
The democratic Troubles
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Can the source of failure in Ulster be traced to a conflict within democracy itself?
Cockleshell
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Agnes is English and bog-ordinary and the only thing that Brakey loves about his home town