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It’s official — rock stars die young, says Daniel Finkelstein

After Jacko, we know War is Over

The media fuss over the death of the entertainer tells us that the 1960s culture clash has been resolved. Pop culture won

Thoughts for the week: why the blue-eyed drink more; Iranian elections

Are you shy and do you drink to cope? You don’t happen to be blue-eyed?

Gordon Brown thinks it's still 1992

Still haunted by Labour's last defeat the PM shows the Tories how to beat his arguments on spending

Thoughts for the week: Daniel Finkelstein

Fiddling election figures is harder than the average autocrat realises

They want freedom. Just like us

The protests in Iran show the neocons were right. No people want to live under despotism

Nightjack: a blog that was simply superb

Whatever the issues surrounding privacy, a diary like Nightjack that builds a picture of real life is the king of our form

Thoughts for the week: Obama and the conspiracy theorists

Facts are the best way to combat crazy ideas? Don’t you believe it

The Scorekeepers now hold the key to power

The scale of Labour's defeat shows more than just a broken party. It shows that the old tribal era of politics is over

Everyone agrees he's got to go. So why hasn't he?

Bobby Kennedy and the Brazilian football team explain why toppling Gordon Brown is only a possibility, not a certainty

Thoughts for the Week

The layman needs a better standard of science education

MPs? Well, I can't trust anyone. Not even you

The British public is feasting on hatred. One minute it's estate agents, then bankers or foreigners. Who will be next?

Thoughts for the week: MPs' pay and baffling films

The problem of working out the objective way to decide how much a politician earns, and why overcomplex movies are annoying

Will the next Speaker get the new era?

The information revolution has claimed its first scalp. Politics in future will be less controlled

Thoughts for the week: MPs’ expenses

Compared with other forms of public spending the amounts are neither here nor there - so why do we get so upset?

If you thought this was bad, just wait

The expenses fiasco shows that Parliament must change, or a succession of disasters will follow

Thoughts for the week

The naming of babies provides us with some very grown-up insights

Real people enjoy morris dancing

Tories can't afford to insult state employees. They'll need all the help they can to get spending cut

Thoughts for the week

By all means let’s have a presidential-style debate but it won’t make any difference