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Can a Pre-emptive War Be Ethical? *

Mar 30th, 2003 | Filed by

It can, says a BBC panelist familiar to our readers.… Read the rest



Mismatch? Growing? Gulf? *

Mar 30th, 2003 | Filed by

Carol Tavris asks a great many skeptical questions of a new book on the gulf between women and men, and whether the cure might be worse than the disease.… Read the rest



Scientific American on DU *

Mar 28th, 2003 | Filed by

In a careful account, SciAm concludes that DU is somewhat toxic but no more so than other kinds of ammunition.… Read the rest



Depleted Uranium *

Mar 28th, 2003 | Filed by

A January, 2003 report by the World Health Organization on the health effects of DU.… Read the rest



Gulf War Syndrome? *

Mar 28th, 2003 | Filed by

Elaine Showalter on an elusive disease or syndrome that generates a lot of scare headlines and not much evidence.… Read the rest



Pompously Fondling his Crucifix *

Mar 28th, 2003 | Filed by

The Bishop versus the Pythons. The Bish couldn’t be bothered to do his homework, and the Pythons were better-behaved.… Read the rest



Affirmative Action and the War *

Mar 27th, 2003 | Filed by

Yale Political Scientist Jim Sleeper on the complexities and contradictions of identity politics.… Read the rest



Hans Morgenthau on Killing Civilians *

Mar 27th, 2003 | Filed by

An excerpt from a book by the late scholar of international relations, on the history of the status of civilians in war.… Read the rest



Fear and Confusion *

Mar 27th, 2003 | Filed by

It is fear of the Fedayeen Saddam, not nationalism, that is keeping Iraqi civilians on the sidelines, says this reporter.… Read the rest



Eurosneering *

Mar 26th, 2003 | Filed by

Cowboys on one side of the pond, castrated girly pacifists on the other.… Read the rest



Sauce for the Goose? *

Mar 26th, 2003 | Filed by

Correspondents to the Guardian wonder how the US can appeal to the Geneva convention.… Read the rest



Analysis of Impunity Agreements *

Mar 26th, 2003 | Filed by

Why would a country seek blanket immunity from the international criminal court? … Read the rest



The Awkward Squad Asks Sharper Questions *

Mar 26th, 2003 | Filed by

Staging, spin, starstruck questions from US journalists, rationed information. But then Chinese and Arab journalists may have their own blinders.… Read the rest



Blackburn contra Rorty *

Mar 26th, 2003 | Filed by

If Truth and Reason are over, what about the maps and timetables you used to get here to say so?… Read the rest



Sectarian Slaughter in Kashmir *

Mar 25th, 2003 | Filed by

The body-count is 24 in the latest chapter of Hindu-Muslim fight over Kashmir.… Read the rest



Exaggeration *

Mar 25th, 2003 | Filed by

Bristol’s admissions policies not so very skewed toward state school applicants after all, expert says.… Read the rest



Ignatieff on Empire *

Mar 25th, 2003 | Filed by

Michael Ignatieff on the complications of intervention and nation-building.… Read the rest



Survey Shows Abuse of Teachers *

Mar 25th, 2003 | Filed by

School management often makes teachers feel it’s their own fault.… Read the rest



TV Trumps Books *

Mar 25th, 2003 | Filed by

Iran was confining, especially for a female teacher, but the students cared about the books.… Read the rest



Consequential versus Deontological Objections *

Mar 24th, 2003 | Filed by

‘Evaluating risks is not the same as making moral choices.’… Read the rest