Nick Kristof in the New York Times on the choices facing Obama in Afghanistan: For the cost of a single additional soldier stationed in Afghanistan for one year, we could…
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Back before the days of "Iron Chef", "Masterchef" and "Hell’s Kitchen", television’s top food expert was a very tall, slightly ungainly, woman who sounded a little drunk. She was Julia…
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Four films are on the agenda this week and only time will tell this early in the season whether they are going to be genuine title contenders, gritty battlers hoping…
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Our Education Minister sets the bar for young New Zealanders so low she may actually get over it herself: "If they do nothing other than teach our children to read…
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If I could have another life to live, simultaneous with my own, I would probably spend most of it playing Sports Interactive's Football Manager (aka Championship Manager). While I tend…
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Twickenham in 1961 might well have been the most boring place on Earth. The 60s haven’t started yet (according to Philip Larkin the decade wouldn’t start until 1963 “between the…
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