Why do we love aliens but not immigrants?
Why do we reject the stranger at our door, but run after the one outside our solar system?
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A post–truth too far
Ben Ryan tests the limits of “post–truth” politics, can there really be one lie too far?
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Rights, freedoms and weapons
Is religious freedom disappearing from Britain? Are rights becoming weapons? Here's something to ponder
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Saving the People: How Populists Hijack Religion
Nick Spencer reviews “Saving the People: How Populists Hijack Religion” edited by Nadia Marzouki, Duncan McDonnell and Olivier Roy
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It’s not post-truth politics that’s the problem
Much has been made of "post truth" politics, but from Trump to Brexit it is Western liberalism's loss of vision that has opened the door.
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Why 'pardoning' gay men does not redeem Parliament
Ben Ryan on why the language of 'pardon' is at best odd, and at worst offensive for an unjust law that destroyed the lives of countless men
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