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Intervention in Syria won�t work, so how do we stop Assad?

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:05:45 GMT

Military action might appeal to the soul but it isn't a viable option. It won't stop the violence and it isn't what most Syrians want.

God need not be the enemy of science

Mehdi Hasan — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

�New atheists� like Richard Dawkins are wrong to insist that modern science can no longer be reconciled with religious belief, argues Mehdi Hasan. In fact, there are many distinguished scientists who happily claim both.

Trust the experts? Not the ones who failed to foresee the crash

Mehdi Hasan — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Experts aren't infallible. Prone to overconfidence and groupthink, some of them make catastrophic errors.

The biggest political scandal you�ve never heard of

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:39:02 GMT

The coalition's changes to the electoral registration system will lead to a sick democracy, with fewer registered voters and lower turn�outs.

Miliband�s vision is bold � but now it�s time to convince the country

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:40:23 GMT

The Labour leader has made a decisive break with three decades of free-market orthodoxy. He must now improve his image - and fast.

Miliband has his chrysalis moment

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:49:05 GMT

With the unfolding of the News Corp scandal, we are witnessing the making of a modern Labour leader.

Islam can do without Simon Cowell

Mehdi Hasan — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:15:24 GMT

Cowell may or may not convert but all Muslims need to confront the ban too many countries place on apostasy.

Why I could never hate America

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:32:17 GMT

The notion of anti-Americanism seeks to excuse the crimes of US elites.

The torturer's apprentices

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:09:39 GMT

Advocates of torture on the left and the right cling to the myth of the ticking bomb.

Forget Blair � it�s Brown or bust

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:28:13 GMT

"Brown can't win" will become a self-fulfilling prophecy unless Labour casts it aside.