From Prospect, are we on track for a golden age of serious journalism? A debate; postwar Europe was built on an intolerance of intolerance and a downplaying of national tradition — a mindset praised as anti-racism and ridiculed as political correctness; it’s still assumed that Europe and America are fundamentally different — in their economies, societies and values — but this is a myth; we need an email tax: A penny charge for every email would stop spam, and fill the empty public purse; and "I drink, therefore I can": More than one in ten Caucasians may have a “Churchill gene” which helps them turn booze into great works. A review of Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch (and more and more and more and an excerpt). With the loss of several senior journalists and a high-profile buyout, the New Statesman's editor Jason Cowley is presiding over a title in turmoil. A review of Terry Eagleton's Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate and a review of Trouble with Strangers: A Study of Ethics. A review of From Fatwa to Jihad by Kenan Malik. A review of Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings by John Gray. His latest alter ego is already hailed as a work of genius, but can Sacha Baron Cohen ever just be himself?
