David Aaronovitch is one of the preeminent voices of the liberal-left in this country. He is no social conservative and has been dismissive of those who want a lower time-limit for abortion. But today he wrote something that reminded me of that famous Peggy Noonan column about the Columbine massacre and ‘the ocean in which our children swim.’ Aaronovitch writing about the Times’ ...
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A famous tale has it that Martin Amis once asked an audience at the London Institute of Contemporary Arts who believed themselves morally superior to the Taleban, and one third raised their hands. According to David Aaronovitch, a Cambridge academic...
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From the latest Radio Times: McCarthyism: There Were Reds Under the Bed In the light of recent spy revelations, David Aaronovitch uncovers dramatic evidence that the notorious Communist hunter Joseph McCarthy may have been right after all about Soviet infiltration into the US government. That's this coming Sunday, July 25th, at 1.30pm, on BBC Radio 4. Google, google. Here is more about the pr...
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Today in Times comment David Aaronovitch: Four reasons not to cheer George's Budget Richard Kemp: Overconfidence: the fatal flaw of a war hero Ross Clark: Knut the polar bear is far better off in a zoo than in the wild...
Today in Times comment David Aaronovitch: The world won't stop to allow Britain to get off Antonia Senior: Confused? Guilty? You must be a young mother Ross Clark: Gardens are not the place to build houses Matthew Parris: How a...
Today in Times comment Peter Mandelson: New Labour is dead. Long live new Labour David Aaronovitch: Gaza's waves will crash on Turkey's shore Alice Fishburn: Anti-British feeling is sloshing around in Washington Matthew Parris: Farewell, bird farewell: my handouts are...
Today in Times comment John Redwood: The Eurosceptics case for saving the euro David Aaronovitch: Lord, make Labour relevant. But not yet... Matthew Parris: Honourbale mention for that special forces chap Antonia Senior: Modern times have no monopoly on loneliness...
Today in Times comment David Aaronovitch: There's too much Old in this New Politics Rachel Sylvester: Can the brothers give Labour family therapy? George Walden: Poor children still can't get into our better universities Matthew Parris: Never mind the oil...
Today in Times comment Matthew Parris: The political earthquake in the rose garden David Aaronovitch: New Politics is here. Now let's have new votes Antonia Senior: I loathe football now. But since the World Cup's on Jack Straw: What do...
Today in Times comment David Aaronovitch: We came, we saw, but what did we really learn? Bill Emmott: Europe's economy is the sick man of the world Helen Rumbelow: Stalking is a crime, not a gesture of extreme romance Frank...
