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Article9 January 2004
A feeble excuse for politics
Britain's 'battle royal' over tuition fees is a pseudo-clash between a defensive government and its cowardly critics.

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9 January 2004
Cancerous Britain?
The facts and figures behind the rise in cancer cases.
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Chatter, chatter everywhere
By going public about every potential terror threat, America and Britain are fostering a climate of paranoia.

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Tuskegee re-examined
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Giddy over Google
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Flying lows
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Article30 December 2003
Marshalling public fears
America and Britain are running the skies as if every plane were a potential missile and every passenger a potential terrorist.

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Howard's ends
The Tory leader copies the words of great American leaders - and captures so little of their spirit.

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A New Year prescription
The government should stop trying to improve people's health by telling them how to live their lives.

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'Ethnography' exposed
Why do political and business leaders want to immerse themselves in our everyday lives?

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Through Enlightened eyes
The British Museum's new exhibition captures the spirit of the age of reason.

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Dishonouring scientists
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Article22 December 2003
Trying Saddam
Why the capture of Iraq's Ace of Spades is causing a headache for Bush and Blair.

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Article22 December 2003
In defence of bad luck
A society which can’t accept that ‘accidents happen’ is destined to be governed by a stifling culture of blame.

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Article28 November 2003
Does al-Qaeda exist?
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Article30 October 2003
Old misers
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12 Jan 2004
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