‘Although persons who espouse these views are in the minority, their demands are regularly met.’… Read the rest
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More Students Study Philosophy at A-level
May 4th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPhilosophy is growing in popularity when the Government is calling for vocational education.… Read the rest
Train Cars for Women: Protection or Segregation?
May 4th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRio de Janeiro joins Tokyo and Mexico City
by adding women-only cars to its trains and subways.… Read the rest
Hitchens on Juan Cole
May 4th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘A minor nuisance on the fringes of the academic Muslim apologist community.’… Read the rest
Amartya Sen and Robert Kagan Discuss
May 4th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWestern parochialists and Islamic extremists argue for the primacy of religious identity.… Read the rest
Iranian Philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo Arrested
May 4th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHe has written and edited more than a dozen books on philosophy and political science.… Read the rest
Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain
May 4th, 2006 12:39 am | By Ophelia BensonAnother one of those too-easy marks, but I can’t let it go. I never can. I’m bad that way. [voice rising to a shriek] I just can’t let anything go! It’s Giles Fraser daydreaming again.
What is fascinating about the ill-fated combination of the BNP and Christian Voice is that it demonstrates how deeply resistant Christianity is to all forms of racism. It has not always been apparent that this was the case. After all, Christianity had a hand in slavery and apartheid.
Sorry, people of Putney, but I find that hilarious. It has not always been apparent that Christianity is deeply resistant to all forms of racism. Why? Because it had a hand in slavery – meaning, for not … Read the rest
Brief, Passionate BNP-Xian Voice Liaison Ends
May 3rd, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonGiles Fraser thinks Xianity incompatible with racism; commenters raise eyebrow.… Read the rest
New York Times on Jean-François Revel
May 3rd, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPhilosopher, writer, journalist summoned the classical polemical weapons of Voltaire and Montaigne.… Read the rest
Le Monde on Jean-François Revel
May 3rd, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPhilosophe, journaliste, écrivain: une figure brillante et anticonformiste de la droite intellectuelle.… Read the rest
Jean-François Revel 1924-2006
May 3rd, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWithout Marx or Jesus a best-seller but won almost universally hostile reviews from European critics. … Read the rest
Busted!
May 2nd, 2006 9:27 pm | By Ophelia BensonThis is very funny. At least I think so. Apparently what it is, is a blog set up by an English teacher at a small US college (or perhaps university), where students are supposed to post as part of their coursework. Actually that’s not funny; given the level of difficulty of what they’re doing and the fact that this is a college or even a university, it’s bottomlessly depressing; given the fact that some of them are seniors and juniors, it’s – oh never mind. Anyway, their first assignment was to post urls of five misleading websites and explain why they are misleading. Well (you’ll have realized where I’m going with this) – guess who made the cut! I’m … Read the rest
Thought Experiments
May 2nd, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSo there’s this big violinist stuck in a cave…… Read the rest
Irshad Manji Ponders Ahmadinejad
May 2nd, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTo the fringe of true believers, doomsday politics makes complete sense. … Read the rest
Todd Gitlin on the Academic Left
May 2nd, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonQuestion of how theory X diverges from theory Y takes precedence over question of X’s or Y’s truth value or lack of it.… Read the rest
HERO Talks to Benson and Stangroom
May 2nd, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBoth talk a lot of nonsense.… Read the rest
Alexandra Simonon Says Walter is Wrong
May 2nd, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOpposing cultural relativism as Euston group does is a strong commitment to women’s rights everywhere. … Read the rest
Natasha Walter Frets at Maleness of Euston
May 2nd, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSo unlike the gender parity everywhere else.… Read the rest
The Royal George
May 2nd, 2006 1:42 am | By Ophelia BensonOkay, what does Bush mean by it?
… Read the restPresident Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution…Legal scholars say the scope and aggression of Bush’s assertions that he can bypass laws represent a concerted effort to expand his power at the expense of Congress, upsetting the balance between the branches of government. The Constitution is clear in assigning to Congress the power to write the laws and to the president a duty ”to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” Bush, however, has repeatedly declared that he
Cakes are Rich, but People Are…Prosperous
May 1st, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRich people don’t like to call themselves rich.… Read the rest