Why I don’t care about the super-injunction debate

The media, that large, monolithic thing that reports about stuff that happens, is all in a tizzy and it wants you to care, too. Don’t be fooled!

Israel reaches a tipping point

The Arab Spring has sent Israel hurtling towards a tipping point that it doesn't seem to recognise.

Pandering to the birthers

President Obama released his birth certificate to put an end to the 'birther' rumours - and in so doing, pandered to a twisted minority.

Opponents of Quran burning miss the point

Condemnation of Quran-burning shouldn't be about worrying about the backlash, but about standing against religious intolerance.

The IMF, Gordon Brown and where this decade is going

Gordon Brown at the head of the IMF? Maybe - at least the previous administration didn't lose its head when the financial sector was crumbling.

Obama, torture, and the politics of moral cowardice

President Barack Obama hasn't offered change, only more of the same.