Mark Steel Now that Barack Obama has won, Republican leaders claim to be reveling in "this great and truly memorable moment."
November 14, 2008 The historic election of Barack Obama was possible because of the actions of those who are usually denied a place in history.
November 11, 2008 One way of measuring the start of a recession is when the government first insists there are lots of jobs, but the unemployed need to be more flexible.
October 30, 2008 None of the bankers' and politicians' comments on why the crisis happened admit that their system isn't designed to fulfill society's needs.
October 20, 2008 If there's one aspect of modern society that sums up the contempt with which the mass of humanity is held by thieving, sociopathic executives, it's the call center.
October 15, 2008 Maybe we should let all the world's stockbrokers go bankrupt, and see if we can manage to carry on without them.
October 6, 2008 Despite being the best-paid section of society by a vast margin, no one can explain a single thing Britain's bankers do that's of any value at all.
September 30, 2008 Liked spoiled children, the bankers are running to the government for a handout to save themselves from a crisis they created.
September 18, 2008 An argument in the Labour Party used to be about the meaning of socialism. Now it's a posh version of a power struggle among prison inmates.
September 11, 2008 People who have no interest in sports aren't just expressing a matter of taste, they're wrong, as much as someone who dismisses music or theater.
August 21, 2008 The Olympic charter bans "political propaganda"--as if the decision to choose Beijing or any other city to host the Games has nothing to do with politics.
August 15, 2008 The reason novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn appeared so contradictory is a question at the center of the second half of the 20th century.
August 12, 2008 The campaign of Barack Obama has unleashed hope that may not be so easily controlled, in spite of the Democratic candidate's intentions.
July 23, 2008 The right-wing Sun newspaper in Britain has been exposed for fabricating stories that smear Muslims as hate-filled fanatics.
July 16, 2008 Hunger is on the rise, but rather than take any real action, the world's leaders can only think about making a profit off misery.
June 26, 2008 According to the report of one think tank, there's a "lost generation" that despises mathematics because of the way it's taught in school.
June 10, 2008 New reports show how British politicians pad their expense claims--but they're so out of touch, they don't understand why ordinary people are aghast.
June 3, 2008 A court case currently underway against antiwar activists in Belfast seems to show plainly that nothing makes any sense.
May 26, 2008 The excitement in the British football season wasn't found in the top-level Premier League, where teams almost always finish in order of how rich they are.
May 19, 2008 A man who spent 14 years waiting to be Britain's prime minister doesn't seem to have any coherent reason for wanting the job.
May 12, 2008 There was much more to the revolutionary year 1968 than the common appraisal today--that it was a frivolous episode involving a few hippies and students.
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