Blond vision of a just society has the Tories swooning
With his crumpled air force blue suit and long fringe, Phillip Blond cut an incongruous figure among the forensically well-turned-out Conservatives at the party's conference last week.
Melanie Newman, Times Higher Education, 9 October 2008

This digital utopianism is glorified piracy
The chattering classes’ passion for free file-sharing and disdain for creators’ rights is a betrayal of art and its practitioners.
Andrew Orlowski, spiked, 9 October 2008

Domino or dynamo?
China is pretty well placed to cushion a global downturnEconomist, 9 October 2008

Charting a different course
Will emerging economies change the shape of global finance?Economist, 9 October 2008

IOC to re-examine Beijing samples
The International Olympic Committee has revealed it will retest 5,000 doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-booster drug.BBC News, 8 October 2008

British foreign policy, searching for a purpose
When the Conservatives wanted to damn Gordon Brown's stance on 42 days earlier this week, they accused him of putting "his own interest before the national interest". Last week, on the other hand, David Cameron promised that the Conservatives would respond to the financial crisis by "helping the Government" deal with "important issues regarding the national interest".
Dr Tara McCormack, Independent Open House Blog, 8 October 2008

Asia’s revenge
“Things that can’t go on forever, don’t.” – Herbert Stein, former chairman of the US presidential Council of Economic Advisers.
Martin Wolf, Financial Times, 8 October 2008

Recalcitrant pupils given a wake-up call with seminar-style lessons
Naughty or shy pupils who use the back of the classroom as a haven for daydreaming or mischief could be in for a nasty shock if a teaching scheme being adopted by a leading educationalist takes off.
Nicola Woolcock, The Times, 7 October 2008

India’s economic progress left in Tatas
The campaign to shut down a cheap car factory is driven by elite green angst more than the Indian people’s interests.
Alka Sehgal, spiked, 7 October 2008

Europe follows fusion twin track
An alternative fusion project has been kicked off in Europe that would seek abundant clean energy using a colossal laser the size of a football stadium.
Jonathan Amos, BBC News, 7 October 2008