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March 2017
Conservatives used to value scepticism and fight fanaticism. Now their stories ring false
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December/January 2016/17
The America of Bill Buckley and Victor Navasky is gone. Elitist journalism is marginalised
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November 2016
Saturday Night Live’s portrayal of the Republican candidate for President shows the limits of comedy’s power
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October 2016
Lionel Shriver is right: “cultural appropriation” is an idea that fatally suffocates writers and artists
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Written each month by Standpoint's resident critic, Nick Cohen
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