Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan is the New Statesman’s Senior Editor (politics).
Articles by Mehdi Hasan
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Politics
Rick Santorum's baby - a follow-up
- 09 January 2012
- 286 comments
Damian Thompson and others on the right are trying to demonise me for reporting a story that Santorum's wife and supporters have been happy to discuss.
Religion
God need not be the enemy of science
- 09 January 2012
- 74 comments
“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.
Politics
Memo to Ed and Ed: ignore the call to embrace austerity
- 06 January 2012
- 29 comments
The New-Labour, me-too approach on cuts is a political and economic dead end.
Politics
Sorry Peter, the facts of life aren't Conservative
- 05 January 2012
- 28 comments
My brief response to Oborne's silly Telegraph column.
Politics
10 things you didn't know about Rick Santorum...
- 04 January 2012
- 84 comments
...but might like to know in the wake of his Iowa surge.
Economy
All gloom on the growth front
- 03 January 2012
- 5 comments
There seems scant hope of an economic revival in the year ahead.
Economy
The NS Interview: Muhammad Yunus, economist
- 02 January 2012
- 2 comments
“I said: I can create a kind of business based on selflessness”
Politics
Are we heading for an "accidental" war with Iran?
- 29 December 2011
- 200 comments
The Islamic Republic's vow to close the Strait of Hormuz, in response to sanctions, could give the hawks the conflict they crave - and wreck the global economy.
Politics
Let's not forget the true legacy of the Iraq invasion
- 19 December 2011
- 93 comments
We can't afford the hawks to use withdrawal as an opportunity to airbrush the blood-drenched history of the invasion and occupation.
Global Issues
The power of a dangerous idea
- 13 December 2011
- 62 comments
Secular commentators dismiss religion as a malign force in the world. But from Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi to the Arab spring, faith is inspiring the new peaceful protest.
