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John McCain's primary purpose

Michael Tomasky: Tea Party influence has pulled Republican primaries to the right, but John McCain's win holds out hope for a more centrist GOP

Cut the cuts talk, set your own anti-poverty agenda

Tim Montgomerie: The coalition shouldn't let the IFS define how poverty is fought. It needs to show that the good life is one not kept by the state

Our dysfunctional paternity leave system

Rob Williams: David Cameron is keen to be a model for family life, but the coalition hints that plans for extra paternity leave may be shelved

A Lib Dem civil war? Surely we're forgetting something

John Harris: The party may have been hijacked by a free-market clique – but, as New Labour discovered, there's no glue like power

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Open thread: We're looking for four ordinary Catholics to share their hopes and concerns for the forthcoming papal visit

In the name of purity, public funds are wasted on the rich

Simon Jenkins: From IVF to universities and museums, Britain's aversion to charging for services punishes women, students and the poor

Obama, me, and the new Franzen novel

Hadley Freeman: I've read the eagerly awaited new Jonathan Franzen novel, but so has Obama – and that worries me

The woman, the cat and the wheelie bin

Matt Seaton: A woman in Coventry stops to pet a cat on a wall, then picks it up and dumps it in a wheelie bin. What was she thinking?

Nick Hayes on GCSE results

25/08/10: nick hayes on GCSEs
In the latest instalment of the cartoonists' showcase, Nick Hayes tackles GCSE results

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Swords, sandals ... and socks?

Archaeologists have discovered fibres on a 2,000-year-old sandal that suggest Romans wore socks with sandals. Will historical precedent soften some views on this most divisive of fashion issues?

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Michael Tomasky on America
Free to believe
Andrew Brown on belief and unbelief

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