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Blog Entries by Johann Hari from 08/2009

The Terrible Truth About the Republicans' Favourite Historian

| Posted 08.02.2009 | World
Read More: Andrew Roberts Concentration Camps, Boer War, Andrew Roberts, The Raj, Andrew Roberts Historian, George W. Bush, Andrew Roberts Republican Party, World News

What does it say about Britain, and the Republican Party, that today we merrily laud a historian who celebrates the most murderous acts of the British Empire?

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The Horrifying Hidden Story Behind Drug Company Profits

| Posted 08.04.2009 | Business
Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Swine Flu, Prescription Drugs, Malaria, Tamiflu, H1n1, Health Care, Business News

Far from being a font of innovation, the drug market has become stagnant. Companies squander a fortune developing "me-too" drugs so they can take out a new patent and receive another avalanche of profits.

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The Unnoticed War Where Millions of Children's Lives are at Stake

| Posted 08.11.2009 | World
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Thailand, Malaria Deaths, Health, Aids, Malaria, Cambodia, Malaria Vaccine, Tuberculosis, Fighting Malaria, Eradicating Malaria, Advocacy, World News

Nobody knows why Cambodia's malaria parasites are such buffed-up hyper-Darwinian winners. Some scientists think it's because the treatments have been used there so long that the parasites have a head-start.

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The Republican Party Is Turning Into A Cult

| Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics
Read More: Birthers, Religion, Johann Hari, Birther-Movement, Death Panels, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Right Wing, Health Care, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

Since Obama's rise, the US right has been skipping frantically from one fantasy to another, like a person in the throes of a mental breakdown.

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The Terrible Moral Emptiness of Quentin Tarantino Is Wrecking His Films

| Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment
Read More: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, Reservoir Dogs, Culture, Cinema, Entertainment News

The tragedy of Tarantino is that he could have been more than the Schlock and Awe merchant he has devolved into. If he had stopped mistaking his DVD collection for a life, he could've been a contender.

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