STWC Excludes Opponents of Iranian Regime *

Mar 20th, 2005 | Filed by

Refugee group of Iranian marchers refused permission to speak from platform.… Read the rest



Dictionary of National Oops *

Mar 19th, 2005 | Filed by

New DNB has many mistakes, some quite basic.… Read the rest



Michael Holroyd Wins Biography Prize *

Mar 18th, 2005 | Filed by

Wrote biography of some geezer starring Emma Thompson.… Read the rest



Pinter Makes Bad Career Decision *

Mar 18th, 2005 | Filed by

Inexplicable winning of Wilfred Owen award for poetry not a good reason to give up day job.… Read the rest



Four Men in Pakistani Rape Case Re-arrested *

Mar 18th, 2005 | Filed by

To be held until Supreme Court decides final appeal. … Read the rest



Effort to Force Schiavo to Stay Alive Rejected *

Mar 18th, 2005 | Filed by

Presumption in favour of a degrading life as an empty shell?… Read the rest



Some Snickers and One Flinch

Mar 17th, 2005 8:26 pm | By

Okay, I know I’m being bad. But some nonsense is just so nonsensical it just cries out for it. ‘And if the children cry out for rebuke shall we walk on the other side?’ I bet you don’t know what part of the Bible that’s from. Neither do I.

Anyway. They’re schlepping around with their tongues hanging out, begging us to laugh at them. So let’s laugh at them. First let’s laugh at Jesus-sniffing.

You can find candles with just about every fragrance imaginable, from blueberry to ocean mist to hot apple pie. Now there’s a candle that lets you experience the scent of Jesus, and they’ve been selling out by the case…”You can’t see him and you can’t touch

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What Would Jesus Smell Like? *

Mar 17th, 2005 | Filed by

You can’t see him or touch him, but light a candle and you can smell him.… Read the rest



Cardinal Plans to Defend Historical Truth *

Mar 17th, 2005 | Filed by

Jesus did not have a baby with that woman! He did walk on water and rise from the dead though.… Read the rest



Is Altruism a Maladaptation? *

Mar 17th, 2005 | Filed by

Tooby, Trivers think yes, Gintis, Boyd, think no.… Read the rest



French Catholic Church Wins Injunction Against Ad *

Mar 17th, 2005 | Filed by

Offend, sensitivity, intrusion, innermost beliefs, sacred things. … Read the rest



Women Must Take Their Own Decisions

Mar 16th, 2005 8:43 pm | By

Well. There’s not much to say. I’ll just quote a little. From International Spiegel Online.

Hatin’s crime, it appears, was the desire to lead a normal life in her family’s adopted land. The vivacious 23-year-old beauty, who was raised in Berlin, divorced the Turkish cousin she was forced to marry at age 16. She also discarded her Islamic head scarf, enrolled in a technical school where she was training to become an electrician and began dating German men. For her family, such behavior represented the ultimate shame — the embrace of “corrupt” Western ways.

And because ‘her family’ own her, it’s not enough just to dislike or disapprove of her behavior – they have to turn her into nothing. … Read the rest



It’s Not Easy to Invent Nationalism *

Mar 16th, 2005 | Filed by

What is it to be English? And is group identity a good thing anyway?… Read the rest



Outrage at Murder of Hatun Surucu *

Mar 16th, 2005 | Filed by

‘This tragedy has shaken us awake,’ says Eren Unsal from Association of Secular Turks. … Read the rest



Turkey Campaigns to Educate Women *

Mar 16th, 2005 | Filed by

When not beating them up in demonstrations, that is.… Read the rest



‘Honour’ Killings Shock Berlin *

Mar 16th, 2005 | Filed by

Ozcan Mutlu, Berlin city councillor, complained German authorities ignore the practice.… Read the rest



‘The Whore Lived Like a German’ *

Mar 16th, 2005 | Filed by

Six ‘honour’ killings of women in Berlin in four months.… Read the rest



Faculty ‘Regrets’ Summers’ Tactless Remarks *

Mar 16th, 2005 | Filed by

Saying women can’t count is simply the final straw.… Read the rest



Repeated Apologies Fail to Calm Harvard Tempers *

Mar 16th, 2005 | Filed by

He said women are stupid, he’s got to go.… Read the rest



Harvard Faculty Vote No Confidence in Summers *

Mar 16th, 2005 | Filed by

Cite management style and that terrible thing he said about women.… Read the rest