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So Lady Gaga's thong is art, while Miley Cyrus twerking is wrong? | Sadhbh Walshe 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Sex sells in the music industry – just ask Madonna. There was nothing in Miley Cyrus' VMA show that hasn't been done before You have to feel for Miley Cyrus. She must have wanted to come across as co...
Jamie Oliver, you haven't tasted real poverty. Cut out the tutting 27 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm
Living in poverty means a world of no, so you are grateful for ready meals or a large TV. Jamie's judgments take the biscuit I like Jamie Oliver, on the whole. Yes, occasionally I find him annoying, ...
The American dream should really be called the American debt | Chris Williams 27 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm
With college loan debt hitting us where it hurts, the American dream has become the American farce for Generations Y and Z The American dream has become the American farce for Generations Y and Z. S...
The Great British Bake Off is patisserie minus the beauty, taste, elegance … | Agnès Poirier 27 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
The first episode of the new series was hilarious and outrageous. Pastry à l'anglaise is all about comfort, not art I waited until the current fourth series of The Great British Bake Off to tune in t...
Thank the Catholic church for terrifying abortion restrictions in Latin America | Erika L Sánchez 27 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
Women in these countries are fighting for the right to choose what happens to their bodies and we need to support them States have adopted 43 restrictions on access to abortion, the second-highest nu...
Former death row inmate Shujaa Graham on capital punishment: 'they called me dead man walking' – video interview 27 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
After serving three years on death row in San Quentin, California, Shujaa Graham was exonerated over the 1973 killing of a prison guard. Now he is vice chair of Witness to Innocence, an organization t...
Teju Cole's dictionary of received wisdom – what would you add? | Open thread 27 Aug 2013 | 04:41 pm
The writer's canny definitions have struck a chord with many. What would you contribute to his glossary of modern discourse? When Nigerian American novelist Teju Cole took to Twitter to come up with ...
Greece doesn't need yet another 'rescue' package – it needs a way out | Costas Lapavitsas 27 Aug 2013 | 04:23 pm
If threatened by Germany with exit from the euro, Greece should not blink, but instead do what's needed to save its economy Greece has become a major issue in the German elections, as politicians deb...
Badger cull: do you sympathise with the saboteurs? | Poll 27 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm
Activists who have in the past sabotaged fox hunts are reportedly planning to visit badger culling sites in the coming weeks. Some saboteurs have already been disrupting traps and digging up baits. Do...
Ideas for 27-28 August 27 Aug 2013 | 03:15 pm
Post your suggestions for subjects you'd like us to cover on Comment is free Welcome to You Tell Us, the thread on which you can share your ideas for topics we should be covering on Comment is free. ...
