Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Why the West Rules - For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future
Why does the West rule? In this magnum opus, eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing on 50,000 years of history, archeology, and the methods of social science, to make sense of when, how, and why the paths of development differed in the East and West — and what this portends for the 21st century.
Ian Morris, Profile Books,
4 November 2010
Protest the Pope - March and Rally
The purpose of this web-site is to provide a focal point and a resource for the many thousands of people who think that, as a head of state, the Pope is an unsuitable guest of the UK and should not be accorded the honour and recognition of a state visit to our country.
Protest the Pope, 18 September 2010
How reform lost its allure
Politicians vote today on the AV referendum – where on earth did all the early enthusiasm go?
Peter Preston,
Guardian, 5 September 2010
Jilted Generation: How Britain Bankrupted Its Youth
Instead of creating a new world, their actions really fostered a nation riddled with inequality, elitism and political corruption. "Jilted Generation" sets out how the next generation might succeed where this one failed.
Ed Howker & Shiv Malik, Icon Books Ltd,
2 September 2010
Overpopulation: 9 Billion Things to Talk About
We have met the enemy, and in our ever-growing, voracious multitudes, it is us! We have nine billion -- or is it 12? -- things to start talking about, asap.
David Katz, Huffington Post, 1 September 2010
The Case for Health and Safety
In recent years there has been a growing belief that the workplace is a much safer place than it was, most workers are at little risk, and that as a result much of the regulation that we have is unnecessary.
TUC, September 2010
A world too full of people
Politicians of western countries avoid talking about population control, but if we invest in family planning we might just save our planet.
Mary Fitzgerald,
New Statesman, 30 August 2010
NHS drug quango on spending spree
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), which ruled out free cancer treatments, is splashing out on new staff
Robert Watts and Jamie McGinnes,
The Sunday Times, 29 August 2010
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