Opinions
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‘Why I believe the US is now a rogue state’
Donald Trump rose to power partly by criticising US military interventions abroad. But as new stories emerge of chemical warfare in Syria, the president is surrounding himself with “hawks”.
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‘Why I believe we should own our own data’
Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for not properly protecting Facebook data. But rows over how much companies know about us are still growing. Sarah Gordon says it’s time to take back control.
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‘Why I believe Corbyn is right about Russia’
Jeremy Corbyn accused the government of “rushing way ahead of the evidence” as it blamed Russia for the Salisbury poisoning. But the Labour leader has found backing from an unlikely source…
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‘Why I believe the web I invented is failing’
Yesterday, the World Wide Web celebrated its 29th birthday. Its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, has dedicated his life to making sure it is accessible to all. But now he says it is in trouble…
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‘Why I believe Meghan will be a bad royal’
Royal women are known for being beautiful, kind, and not saying much, says Rachel Johnson. Enter Meghan Markle, an American who is on her way to being the “first feminist-activist princess”…
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‘Why I believe Trudeau is a joke’
Traditional dress, the Golden Temple, and an awkward dance: Justin Trudeau has returned from India. For Stephen Daisley, it was an embarrassing show of the very worst of liberalism…
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‘Why I believe friends are highly overrated’
Whether you have a BFF or are a social butterfly, our culture sees friendship as a deep part of human nature. But Julie Burchill argues that we can be happy without any friends at all.
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‘Why I believe that rational debate is dying’
From ancient Greece to the Enlightenment, debate has long fuelled cultural progress. But according to James Black, technology is now killing reasoned discussion ― and at huge cost to us all.
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‘Why I refuse to hate Nazis’
Primo Levi, a Holocaust survivor, was famous for writing about the horror in a calm, detached way. He explains how he did this in this moving interview given just one year before he died.
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‘Why we believe #MeToo is a witch hunt’
The actress Catherine Deneuve has apologised to victims of sexual assault after endorsing a public critique of the #MeToo movement. The letter triggered a global outcry. Read it here…
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‘Why I believe we should ban traffic lights’
This year is the 150th anniversary of the world’s first traffic lights, erected to control horse-drawn traffic in London. But this writer argues that they should be replaced by common sense.
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‘Why I believe you CAN keep your resolutions’
Every year, it is the same story: we make a list of New Year’s resolutions, only to give up on them after a few weeks. But Anjana Ahuja says it does not have to be that way. And here is why…
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‘Why I believe the Olympics are a charade’
Russia has been banned from the 2018 Seoul Winter Olympics. Its crime: state-sponsored doping. But according to Simon Jenkins, Russian athletes are far from the only ones bearing guilt…
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‘Why I believe one wedding wont fix racism’
Some think the interracial marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will improve race relations. But Ernest Owens thinks it will do nothing to stop racism — and may even make things worse.
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‘Why I believe Christmas is grotesque’
Christmas is a time of warmth, companionship, joyful consumption and generosity. Or is it? Yasmin Alibhai-Brown says “bah humbug” to the festivities. To her, they reveal nothing but greed.