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Screenwriter Ronan Bennett criticises Martin Amis for his questionable positioning on present day inter-cultural relations (and other commentators for essentially giving him a free pass): As a novelist, Amis is…
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By Asides, Current Events
Of course it’s about oil (Jim Holt in the London Review of Books): It has been estimated, by the Council on Foreign Relations, that Iraq may have a further 220…
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The Great Iraq Swindle: How Bush Allowed an Army of For-Profit Contractors to Invade the U.S. Treasury (from Rolling Stone) In a much-ballyhooed example of favoritism, the White House originally…
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