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La la la la laIf you haven’t seen the merengue dog…well it’s a life-altering thing.
Don’t miss it.
Really.
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Articles
By Ravi Dhungel, September 1, 2010
Changing Nepal from the Hindu kingdom to the federal republic was not only a political saga. It was a transformation of people’s mind and thoughts.
By Timothy Rowe, August 31, 2010
It is not simply that the burqa is a symbol of female oppression, but that it is an instrument of it.
By Edmund Standing, August 25, 2010
There is no logical reason why a supposed ‘holy book’ should not be taken at face value.
By Leo Igwe, August 24, 2010
Should we then abandon the cause of justice because of the risks involved? Should we then stop speaking out for human rights and the rule of civilized law because of the dangers we face or could face?
By Maryam Namazie, August 17, 2010
The public outcry is what has kept Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani alive so far.
By Leo Igwe, August 12, 2010
They descended on my aging father and started beating him.
By Max Dunbar, August 1, 2010
If there were a way to accommodate God’s law with basic human rights, we would have found it by now.
Latest News
Danish producers regret making ad for Sweden Democrats 
Swedish broadcasters declined to show the film, and no Swedish production company was willing to produce it.
Sweden: tv station rejects ad as hate speech
“The difference between freedom of speech and incitement to hatred against an ethnic group must be understood,” said Mona Sahlin of Social Democrats.
Religious minorities suffering worst in Pakistan floods
The laws offer what is virtually state approval to those intent on attacking minorities.
Necla Kelek defends Sarrazin (with reservations)
He put some claims badly and should apologize, but he’s right about many of them, and the discussion is necessary.
Flashback
Peter Medawar reviews Teilhard de Chardin “In expounding this thesis, Teilhard becomes more and more confused and excited and finally almost hysterical.”
Reserve’s last rhino butchered for her horn
Rhino horn has been used for centuries in “Traditional Chinese Medicine,” though it has no magic properties and is like a fingernail.
Garry Wills on Plato and the Sophists
The Sophists were unique in their time for questioning the superiority of Greeks to barbarians, men to women, free-born to slaves.
The church of the savvy
Since it differs from liberal and conservative ideology and from political thought itself, savviness often eludes recognition as a set of beliefs.
In Focus
Steve Fuller Expert witness for the other side.
The Ryan Report
What happened in Irish industrial schools.
Women Under Theocracy
Religion and culture function to shield the oppression of women from criticism.
Cartoons
Is it forbidden to ‘offend the religious feelings of believers’?
