Female liberation has been colonised by the class interests of a wealthy elite
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Public intellectuals risk alienating religious believers
Twenty years of conflict is boomeranging back to America
Twenty years of conflict is boomeranging back to an increasingly unstable America
Without the Enlightenment, there would be no individual freedom
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Both Left and Right have seen violence carried out in their name — and done nothing
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Microsoft's new patent could immortalise your personality long after death
The narrative of decline and infighting is not based in reality
The Chinese president made no mention of his country's pandemic response
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The Limehouse Declaration offered a different blueprint for governance
The singer echoes the late academic's distaste for the US's narcissistic culture
Throughout the pandemic, firefighters have worked for the national interest
Can a new president stop the EU and the USA drifting apart?
A year after winning his dazzling majority, the Prime Minister is a shadow of his former self
Boris Johnson seems to hate the grim responsibility that comes with power
Despite a troubled year, the Tory leader remains popular among the electorate
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Some of Boris's ministers are in the wrong role; others are in the wrong profession
The breakdown of supply chains and squabbles over jab efficacy proves a dangerous combination
A young, African electorate is growing frustrated with corrupt, ageing despots
Le Monde, which defended the right to offend Islam, is more 'Anglo-Saxon' on the transgender issue
Ideological mania can become too costly to maintain
The culture war debates playing out on social media have a precedent in the Reformation
Why did no one question the military occupation of Washington?
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If your economy is ruled from California, then your society will be too
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Embracing identity politics allows public schoolboys to avoid acknowledging real privilege
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Mariana Mazzucato recommends pouring money into problems that can't be solved
A new book about AI comes to an alarming conclusion
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A new book by Helen Andrews both scorns and salutes the most vilified generation