The great adoption debate: Does race matter?
Social workers must balance all kinds of considerations personal to the individual child. Unlike politicians, they cannot adopt the view that because race does not exist, it does not matter.
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MyDaily Debate: Do we need another Westfield?
Isn’t it depressing that we can’t conceive of urban regeneration without it involving a shopping mall? These are private spaces where only certain kinds of people are welcome.
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MyDaily Debate: City bonuses are back but will the banks ever pay?
Not one of the bosses who failed to stop their employees gambling with our money has paid any real price: no prison for them, only tidy pension pots and plum advisory jobs.
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September 11: Ten years on, we are still blaming the wrong people
Too many have sought to blame the horrific criminal acts of that day on Muslims in general. As in our unending and counterproductive “War on Terror”, the wrong people are paying the price.
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Wedded bliss? Why divorce insurance is just all wrong
Insuring yourself against the potential future breakdown of your most intimate relationship just seems, well, horrifyingly practical. Surely in the first flushes of marriage the last thing you should be doing is planning for its failure?
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