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De-criminalisation of prostitution is the right policy
Fresh ESRC Research shows the 2009 UK government policy plans on prostitution were ill-conceived and based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the activity. What follows is an edited version of the...
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Movie Review: The Iron Lady
In 1979, when the Labour government lost the confidence of Parliament, the PM called a general election. When the date was announced, the world’s media descended on the suburban home of the Leader of...
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Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized
To toke or not to toke? That has been the question springing up like whack-a-mole all over the country. The effort to legalize marijuana has won small battles, but despite record-setting support for...
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Marijuana – Er, Performance-enhancing Drug?
Among the Drug War’s finer ironies is the treatment of marijuana by the world of sport, which has taken a deliciously schizophrenic view on the miracle/devil plant: It’s a gateway drug that dooms its...
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Ban Shakespeare (Got any Shake?)
It is possible, readers, that you have noticed something: teenagers, just occasionally, like to rebel against authority. They like to do things that older people tell them are bad for them, and...
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The Tobacco-Stained Torch of Liberty: Libertarians and the Smoking Ban
During debates on the smoking ban, freedom is often evoked by both sides. On the one hand, your smoker or smoking-supporter argues that surely they should have the freedom to smoke wherever they like....
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There is something wrong with this cheese.
There is something wrong in France. We English have always had a complicated relationship with our Gallic neighbours. For long we were bitter enemies, sworn to destroy each other. Then bitter friends,...
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The Beeb, nudity, truth and the stirrup
History is supposed to be about telling the truth – and understanding the differences between facts and opinions. It is obviously a matter of debate and opinion on what caused the First World War....
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LP Review: Seven Years in Tibet, by Heinrich Harrer
Seven Years in Tibet is a superb read. The autobiographical work of Heinrich Harrer provides an honest, perceptive, and perhaps unique account of pre-occupation Tibet. Harrer’s adventure over seven...
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A unique industrial heritage under threat: The Croatian Railway Museum in...
http://www.hznet.hr/hz_muzej_en/ The Croatian Railway Museum is a specialized technical museum with its headquarters in Zagreb. It is the only railway heritage institution in Croatia. Its activities...
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