- Let’s be honest. There’s a clear link with Islam (£) by David Aaronovitch, The Times
- Intellectual property is an innovation killer by Joshua Lachkovic , KernalMag
- Dumb Idea Hall of Fame by Aaron David Miller, Foreign Policy
- Nadine Dorries threatens Cameron's Party Leadership by Nadine Dorries, Daily Mail
- Boris set for party leadership? by Traci Watson, USAToday
- Anti-Israel students deface Star of David at student conference by Jonny Paul, Jerusalem Post
- Jihadist Videos on University Facebook by Rupert Sutton, Huffington Post UK
- Skintland: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose by Alex Massie, Spectator UK
- Green tax on conservatories by James Slack and Tamara Cohen, Daily Mail
- Saudi princess: What I'd change about my country by Staff writers, BBC
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08 May 2012, By Charles Crawford
A world tour of addictive stupidity
Addiction to welfare, deliberately promoted for reckless political aims, is capable of extraordinary damage. The West is about to find out the hard way leaving the door open for a grand circle of history
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30 April 2012, By Charles Crawford
The limits of auto-pilot altruism
Note that generosity has many forms, including commitment and creativity. Don’t let others define for you the form and limits of your generosity. And, above all, remember where any wealth comes from
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23 April 2012, By Charles Crawford
Art vs Insult
It does not matter whether something is racist or sexist or Islamphobic or anything else. The only issue is control of the language as the key to controlling the policy and thus controlling people
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17 April 2012, By Charles Crawford
Katyn: Little guilt, no honour
The ECHR has criticised Russian authorities' reluctance to recognise the reality of the Katyn Massacre. What should the rest of us in modern Europe make of it?
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01 April 2012, By Charles Crawford
The Left is still rehashing mumbo-jumbo from Karl Marx
No mention of Marx’s racism of course. But the real problem is that Marx just didn’t understand economics
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05 March 2012, By Charles Crawford
"Deschooling Society"? The Left has its reasons
How the British Left is attempting to downplay the importance of good writing for its own sinister aims
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19 February 2012, By Charles Crawford
Scottish independence? Consider the break-up of the USSR and Yugoslavia for some lessons
A former British ambassador, with intimate knowledge of what happens when states break up, considers the implications of a disintegration of the United Kingdom
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01 February 2012, By Charles Crawford
Droning on: The politics and wisdom of UAV warfare
The problem with drones is not 'cowardly politicians' nor 'cowardly soldiers'. It is rather the fact that the way in which we look at these questions needs a completely new set of rules and principles
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08 January 2012, By Charles Crawford
Why the state can never deliver great public services
The standardisation needed to deliver what would count as equality of treatment for all can be achieved only by deliberately excluding competition and any serious incentives to improve services, says former UK ambassador Charles Crawford
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16 December 2011, By Charles Crawford
Ayn Rand would have backed David Cameron's stand against the EU's "second handers"
Former British Ambassador Charles Crawford applauds David Cameron's willingness to see Britain "isolated"
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