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Valentine’s Day is no use for healthy relationships
Walking past my local Thai restaurant yesterday, I actually recoiled and shrieked in horror at the hideous sight I beheld through the slightly grubby glass windows. Monstrous, pink fluffy hearts were suspended from every inch of ceiling space, all the walls covered in badly cut-out, red paper hearts and to fairy lights festooned over... »
Queer Column – The difficulty of reconciling religious freedom and anti-discrimination laws.
So the Pope has condemned homosexuals yet again for no other reason than their being gay. This time, however, there appears to be a certain sense of urgency in his voice. The reason? The UK Government wants to force the Catholic Church to open all lay positions within its bureaucracy in this country to everyone,... »
Commend the USA for its efforts in Haiti
“The US can always get a cruise missile to its target anywhere in the world. There is never a lack of money for a military “surge”. But there’s always delay and lack of resources when poor people suffer.” – - Socialist Worker, January 15 2010. To date, the United... »
The recession is over. Now the pain starts.
On January 26th figures for the last quarter of 2009 were published showing economic growth of 0.1%. The recession is over. Technically. Yet the outlook is grim. British government debt is above 12% of GDP, about the same as Greece who’s debt is causing chaos on financial markets. Gordon Brown and... »
We can’t fight sexism by imposing our views
There is little I find more contemptible than the idea of men poring over the latest issue of FHM or page 3 of the Sun. The objectification of women is something which civilised society should have moved on from decades ago, and yet there it is, ready and waiting in... »
Cut it out Kings!
Feeling the strain of yet another essay in an increasingly busy year, I decided to sneak in an extra 20 minute break (purely so ‘I could go on working longer into the night’, I reassured my sensible side). Facebook was the procrastination tool of choice, as it so often is,... »
Can Avatar change the world?
It’s a tale as old as time. Blue aliens with loin-cloths and (ever so slightly unsettling) wormlike tail ends, live in a harmonious natural rhythm with their planet until corporate America comes to blow it to damnation in an attempt to amass a fortune selling “unobtainium” (who knew Bush had... »
The ever elusive peace
“Both sides — the Israelis and the Palestinians — found that…it was very hard for them to start engaging in a meaningful conversation. And I think that we overestimated our ability to persuade them to do so when their politics ran contrary to that.” – - Barack Obama, Time, January... »
Obama – one year on
Like me, many of you decided just over a year ago to throw themselves into the excitement of the US elections. Most students soon showed their allegiance to the charming Barack Obama, and “Yes We Can” could be seen on the covers of all newspapers and “I heart Obama” merchandise... »
‘Cool Fundamentalism’ isn’t so cool after all
Cultural relativism refers to the notion that one’s beliefs and actions should be interpreted in terms of one’s culture; in no other way could they be understood. The relevance of this term to our ever more globalised, international existence is that it leads to moral relativism. Each culture develops... »
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