The UCF administration needs to act swiftly and decisively in seeing that justice is done.’… Read the rest
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Bernard-Henri Lévy on Obama 
Jul 12th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He is the most gifted politician produced by the Democratic machine in a long time.… Read the rest
The Animal Liberation Front and Intimidation
Jul 12th, 2008 | By Ophelia BensonOn Tuesday October 18 2005, a member of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) rang a hotel in Anaheim, California. A pharmaceuticals conference was taking place at the hotel. One of the delegates was Steve Ruckman of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), a company which uses animals in research and testing. A communiqué from the ALF dated October 25, which includes the warning “Associate with HLS and we will ruin your life,” reports the conversation this way:
… Read the rest“ALF: Hello, I stayed in Room xxx recently and think I left something behind.
Concierge: What is that?
ALF: A bomb. You’ve allowed HLS to come into your hotel, now you will pay the price.
Concierge: What was that?
ALF: If Steven Ruckman from HLS takes
Catholic League is Afraid, Very Afraid
Jul 11th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Wants extra security in Minneapolis so that Catholics ‘can worship without fear of violence.’… Read the rest
Catholic League Angry at PZ Myers
Jul 11th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
League has contacted president of UM and state legislature, wants them to act quickly and decisively.… Read the rest
Farc Denounces ‘Betrayals’
Jul 11th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Betrayal of revolutionary principles ended brutal unlawful imprisonment. Shock horror.… Read the rest
Ian McEwan on the Apocalyptic Mind
Jul 11th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Common threads run between medieval and contemporary apocalyptic thought.… Read the rest
Andrew Anthony Reviews Kenan Malik
Jul 11th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A stalwart defender of free speech, Malik is a formidable enemy of fuzzy or wishful thinking. … Read the rest
Rorty and the ‘Intellectual Self-concept’
Jul 10th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Academics make intellectual choices in part because of what sort of intellectual they think they are.… Read the rest
Atheist Soldier Sues Pentagon for Discrimination
Jul 10th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Some former soldiers say the Pentagon tacitly encourages evangelical proselytizing to create a ‘godly army.’… Read the rest
Jesse Jackson Apologizes
Jul 10th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Accused Obama of ‘talking down to black people,’ expressed desire to cut his nuts off. Tho thorry.… Read the rest
Vatican Outrage at End to 16 Year Coma
Jul 10th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Eluana Englaro has been comatose for 16 years, Vatican wants that to continue.… Read the rest
John Gray gives the Enlightenment a damn good thrashing
Jul 9th, 2008 8:02 pm | By Ophelia BensonJohn Gray has a burr up his ass about the Enlightenment.
… Read the restCentral and Eastern Europe was a morass of ethnic enmities, and in Germany the Nazis were implementing their poisonous mix of nationalism and racism. Was this just a detour in the onward march to a brave new world where everyone will be treated equally? Or did it – as Roth suspected – reveal a darker side of modernity? There can be no doubt about Kenan Malik’s view. A pious disciple of the Enlightenment, though not untroubled by the doubts that can afflict any believer, he cannot tolerate the thought that some of the last century’s worst atrocities were by-products of modern Enlightenment thinking…Nazism – though it drew on
John Gray Reviews Kenan Malik’s Strange Fruit
Jul 9th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or rather, he trots out his usual anti-Enlightenment horses.… Read the rest
Peru: Difficulty of Getting Therapeutic Abortion
Jul 9th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Women and girls confronting pregnancies that could kill or permanently harm them are refused legal abortions.’… Read the rest
Guy Suspected Brother’s Wife of ‘Bad Character’
Jul 9th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
So he killed her.… Read the rest
CPS Lawyer Nazir Afzal Wins Award
Jul 9th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For his work in highlighting the issue of ‘honour’ crimes.… Read the rest
The HRW Report
Jul 9th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Excessive workload and unpaid wages, for up to 10 years, are among the most common complaints. … Read the rest
Abuse of Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia
Jul 9th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Employers commit abuses such as unpaid wages, forced confinement, and physical and sexual violence.… Read the rest
