Reading for Battle

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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The Audacity of Hype
The pretension of the fake Grecian temple setting clashed with the high-decibel, rock-star format and overwhelmed the history implicit in the event. Ancient Greeks had a word for it: hubris.
William Safire, New York Times, 31 August 2008

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Richard Nixon and the Rise of Affirmative Action: The Pursuit of Racial Equality in an Era of Limits

Yuill contends that although government-enforced affirmative action did not fit into the postwar, growth-oriented liberalism, it emerged as an important regulatory policy blueprint in an era increasingly characterizeed by diminished horizons for social policy.

Kevin Yuill, Rowman & Littlefield, 28 August 2008

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Use buzzwords to be cited, study suggests
Is 'robust' the new 'clustering'? Hannah Fearn on an anthropologist spotting trends in vocabulary
Hannah Fearn, Times Higher Education, 28 August 2008

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Department of Health to launch design tender
The Department of Health is looking to pioneer the use of design in the fight against hospital ‘superbugs’ such as MRSA.
Design Week, 28 August 2008

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How right wing the left sounds after its moment of racial truth
Quick, somebody buy a wreath. Last week marked the passing of multiculturalism as official government doctrine. No longer will opponents of this corrosive and divisive creed be silenced simply by the massed Pavlovian ovine accusation: “Racist!”
Rod Liddle, The Times, 27 August 2008

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Fortune favours the brave; but the brave are motivated by favours of another kind
New research suggests that braver soldiers may ultimately win more sexual partners as well as more battles...
Mark Henderson, The Times, 27 August 2008

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‘We must break the limits of previous generations’
The creator of the world's first rotating skyscraper talks to spiked about changing the Dubai skyline and challenging post-9/11 gloom.
Alastair Donald, spiked, 26 August 2008

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The Racism Excuse
Things are supposed to be looking rosy for Democrats this November. But in case Barack Obama loses the Presidency, an excuse is all ready to go: America's too racist to elect a black man.
Wall Street Journal, 26 August 2008

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Don't pick a fight you can't finish, Mr Miliband
When he visits Kiev, the Foreign Secretary should remember the threats posed by Nato's drive eastwards
Anatol Lieven, The Times, 26 August 2008

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Jamie Oliver launches attack on British culture
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has launched an extraordinary attack on the British - portraying them as uncivilised materialists obsessed with a "culture of alcohol".
Peter Allen, Telegraph, 25 August 2008

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