Welcome to Casting the net, Liberal Conspiracy’s daily web review. As always, please feel free to share your own recommendations in the comments section. A brief one today - as per the rest of the week.

Highlights
Advancing the sum total of human knowledge and endeavour! - Part of the reason I’m pro-choice is the fear that I don’t have one myself.
Forget biology, a child must be wanted.

Bernard Aris/LDV - Opinion: A liberal view from Holland
An interesting historical look at the links between Dutch and British liberal politics.

The Diary of Chris K - Teenage spirituality leads to mental health problems
Organised religion is healthy, kooky spiritualism and atheism isn’t. So says an Australian study.

Craig Murray - Mr Aaronovitch’s Problem
The latest media tiff is between former diplomat and writer Craig Murray, and Iraq War cheerleader and columnist David Aaronovitch.

Jonathan Freedland/CiF - The free-marketeers abhor the crutch of the state - until they start limping
£77bn is wiped off the city’s valuation, and suddenly they need the State’s help. But then, capitalism is inherently parasitic.

The Red Box/Times - The anti-obesity drive. In association with Kellogg’s, GlaxoSmithKline and SlimFast
The corporations that “help” with Westminster policy making. How nice and fluffy.

Iran Coverage - A Serious Political Blow to Ahmadinejad or an Election Maneuver?
Is Ahmadinejad losing his grip on power? (via)

Elsewhere
Hot Ginger and Dynamite - State of the Blogosphere Address
Freemania - The value of your investment may go all over the place as well as nowhere
D-Notice - ECtHR: Banning gay adoption is illegal
SpyBlog - Home Secretary promises Metal Detectors in some schools, but they are still not installed in every Prison
Stephen Tall/LDV - Official: UK voting system “open to fraud”
Neal Lawson/OurKingdom - Machines, markets and morals: the new politics of a democratic NHS
Neil Stockley - The politics of generations: baby boomers and after

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