John Gray

Articles by John Gray

Results 41 to 50 of 103

Appeasement: Should we strike a deal?

  • 26 April 2004

When Spain announced it would pull its troops out of Iraq, it was accused of rewarding terrorism. But in an unjust war, there is no virtue in stoical resolution. By John Gray

NS Essay - The best hope for animal liberation is that humans kill each other in wars

  • 09 February 2004

The big threat to the welfare of other species is the unchecked expansion of "homo rapiens". Those who object to vivisection are missing the big picture, argues John Gray

Icons of evil

  • 02 February 2004

We do not know why people commit terrible crimes. While contemporary artists have responded with a mix of irony and pornography, the media has sought to comfort us with a succession of banal morality tales. By John Gray

NS Essay 2 - New science, old myth

  • 15 December 2003

From the Middle Ages through Marx to the free market, humankind has clung desperately to the idea of progress. And still we delude ourselves

NS Essay - Michael Howard may turn out to be the Tory leader who lays Thatcher's ghost

  • 10 November 2003

It is an ugly prospect, but a strong state, old Labour on public services and right-wing on immigrants, could be the central vision of a new Conservatism

NS Essay - Labour can renew itself only by recognising that Blair has become a dangerous liability

  • 06 October 2003

Though the PM likes to compare himself with Thatcher, he looks like ending up as another Major. He, too, may cling to power, but it will be downhill all the way

NS Essay - "Power failures reveal a deep truth: the earth's resources are irrevocably finite"

  • 08 September 2003

We like to believe that growth can go on for ever and that the western way of life can be replicated across the world. Electricity cuts and computer viruses are early warnings that we are wrong

NS Essay - 'Bush and Blair deceived us about the reasons for going to war, but they deceived themselves about its impact on Iraq'

  • 04 August 2003

Policing a collapsed state is a potentially interminable business and to turn to the UN for salvation is just another exercise in wishful thinking. By John Gray

Andrew Stephen

President Cheney?

Get ready for President Cheney

CommentPlus

Free comment digest. Sign up now

CommentPlus

Twitter

Follow us

Twitter

David Cameron

Tory foes

If Dave doesn’t win, it’s open season

James Macintyre

Lib Dem dilemma

The Lib Dem dilemma

Film review

Sons of Cuba

Sons of Cuba (PG)

Television

Fat Man in a White Hat

Fat Man in a White Hat

John Gray

Anarchism's failure

The World That Never Was: a True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents

CommentPlus

Newsletter!
Enter your email address below to receive digested summaries of the day's essential comment, opinion and analysis.

NewStatesman

Newsletter!
Enter your email address here to receive updates from the team

Vote!

Should public spending be cut this year?

Suggest a question

View comments

© New Statesman 1913 - 2010