The artist Damien Hirst today apologised for congratulating the September 11 hijackers on a "visually stunning" work of art in an interview published last week on the eve of the first anniversary of the terror attacks.
Polly Toynbee: One thing was made crystal clear yesterday: there is no other authority than America, no law but US law.
The future need not be as bleak as it was in the past
Martin Woollacott
Martin Woollacott: As the human past gets longer, with new discoveries pushing back the beginnings of mankind, it often seems that the human future is getting shorter.
Iraq first, Iran and China next
Dan Plesch
Dan Plesch: President Bush's concern over Iraq's weapons of mass destruction is a pretext for a global strategy of pre-emptive attack.