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The problem with tolerance
Dragged into the politicisation of identity, tolerance has become a form of 'polite etiquette', argues Frank Furedi in a new book
Madeleine Bunting,
Guardian Comment is free, 5 September 2011
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Islam and democracy
Again and again, in secular and liberal circles in Beirut, Cairo, Rabat, Tunis and even Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority, you hear almost identical dark warnings against the Islamist movements that are gaining ground across the Arab world as dictators are toppled, tackled or forced into concessions.
Economist, 6 August 2011
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Will the dirty business of journalism survive hackgate?
These are uncertain times for journalists, not least those working at the Guardian stable, where the triumph of the phone hacking exposures has coincided with the announcement that the paper will now be a 'web first' news organisation.
Martin Bright,
Spectator, 16 July 2011
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The anti-bigot bigots
The Offensive Behaviour at Football Bill is being drafted in the names of tolerance and diversity. But, as Stuart Waiton points out, it is itself an exercise in snobbish intolerance that will have a corrosive effect on society.
Stuart Waiton,
Free Society, 23 June 2011
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The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens
The unconscious mind, it turns out, is most of the mind - the place where the majority of the brain's work gets done, where our most important life decisions are made, where character is formed and the seeds of accomplishment grow.
David Brooks, Short Books Ltd,
5 May 2011
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