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Mediawatchwatch interviews Stephen Green of ‘Christian Voice’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Other writings are unashamed myth, but not the Bible.… Read the rest



Natural History on ‘Intelligent Design’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Articles by Forrest, Scott, Miller, Pennock, Behe, Dembski, more.… Read the rest



Scott McLemee does a close reading of ‘Battlefield Earth’ *

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Terl’s responsibilities include blackmailing fellow Psychlo Forest Whitaker and laughing at his own jokes.… Read the rest



The great Kabbalah con *

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An organisation that charges £860 for dinner, ‘healing’ water and some books in Aramaic… Read the rest



Company recalls ‘offensive’ sandals *

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Laceys footwear, in London, made the decision after it received complaints from ‘the Hindu community.’… Read the rest



Oregon’s ‘Cultural Competence’ Plan *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Many faculty members worried about insertion of undefined political notion ‘cultural competency’ into every aspect of administration, teaching and performance evaluation… Read the rest



Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen on Juliet Mitchell *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

There is something mysterious about the way psychoanalysis perpetually raises itself from its ashes.… Read the rest



How Fabrications Differ from a Lie *

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‘Did Freud lie?’ is the great question.… Read the rest



Frederick Crews on ‘Intelligent Design’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Creationism sheds its Dogpatch image and takes a subtler approach.… Read the rest



Simon Blackburn interview *

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On truth, epistemology, global warming, philosophy of mind, quasi-realism, Hume… Read the rest



Silence over Afghan women’s rights *

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Widows starve, refugees are beaten, rape victims are beaten… Read the rest



Evidence and persuasion *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Robert Wilcocks on Jacques Bénesteau’s Mensonges freudiens : Histoire d’une désinformation séculaireRead the rest



Muslim Council of Britain unable to attend Holocaust Memorial day *

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Because it is too ‘mixed with the politics of the day’… Read the rest



Human Rights Watch on the religious revival *

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Tensions between religious fundamentalism and human rights… Read the rest



Rushdie on ‘joke’ Islamic leaders *

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Says there is a “backsliding into bigotry” among Muslims both in Britain and around the world. … Read the rest



Polio outbreak in Indonesia *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Officials believe the outbreak can be traced to Nigeria, where vaccinations were suspended in 2003 after radical clerics said they were a US plot… Read the rest



Manufactured Consensus? *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

If political considerations dictate what gets published, it’s all over for science.… Read the rest



Amnesty International on ‘honour’ killings in Pakistan *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Dr Tahira Shahid Khan says ‘Women are considered the property of the males in their family irrespective of their class, ethnic or religious group. The owner of the property has the right to decide its fate. The concept of ownership has turned women into a commodity’… Read the rest



Women Against Fundamentalisms *

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WAF was launched in 1989 to challenge the rise of fundamentalism in all religions.… Read the rest



Ann Cryer: Forced marriages must end *

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Amanda Day talks to Labour MP Ann Cryer about her campaign to win justice for young Asian women.… Read the rest