Accuses ‘Dawkinsist’ orthodoxy of making the world in some important sense entirely random.… Read the rest
Enough About Me, What Do You Think of Me?
Sep 9th, 2005 8:29 pm | By Ophelia BensonOkay, so I’m a hurricane. Big deal. We all have our faults.
Meanwhile. I’ve been wanting to mention for days, but other subjects kept intervening – the proofs for Why Truth Matters have arrived. Jeremy got his Tuesday, my set arrived Wednesday – on account of how he’s a few miles from Continuum and I’m six thousand miles farther off.
We had a little discussion about the acknowledgements. Gremlins had replaced that page with the acknowledgements from a previous book of Jeremy’s and Julian’s, one that I had nothing to do with. (It would have been even funnier if it had been replaced with the acknowledgements from a book by someone entirely unknown to any of us, thanking a great … Read the rest
Katrina as Another Triangle Fire 
Sep 9th, 2005 |
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Catastrophes make libertarianism look pathetic.… Read the rest
Demonstrators Compare Ontario Premier to Taliban
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Protest against use of religious rules critics consider an affront to human rights.… Read the rest
Bush Declares Katrina Prayer Day
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Praying to the deity who sent Katrina, presumably. Whatever.… Read the rest
Protests in Eleven Cities over Ontario Sharia
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Demonstrations registered outrage over recommendations of voluntary tribunals based on sharia.… Read the rest
Sharia Protests in Cities Across Canada
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Opponents say the proposed arbitration process will violate women’s’ rights.… Read the rest
International Protests Against Sharia Law
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Proposal that would allow Islamic law to be used in Ontario family arbitration cases. … Read the rest
The Good News Is, Pat Robertson is Thriving
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His ‘faith-based’ Operation Blessing is on FEMA’s list of charitable groups.… Read the rest
The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven
Sep 8th, 2005 7:20 pm | By Ophelia BensonChrist. It keeps getting worse. If this account is reliable – it’s hair-raising.
Two paramedics, in New Orleans for a convention of emergency medical people, stuck in a hotel that ran out of food and water and on the fourth day, turned them out and locked the doors.
As we entered the center of the City, we finally encountered the National Guard. The Guards told us we would not be allowed into the Superdome as the City’s primary shelter had descended into a humanitarian and health hellhole. The guards further told us that the City’s only other shelter, the Convention Center, was also descending into chaos and squalor and that the police were not allowing anyone else in.
Oh. Okay. … Read the rest
Women’s Rights Conference in Islamabad
Sep 8th, 2005 |
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Activists note that crimes against women are not an ‘image problem.’… Read the rest
Heading an Inquiry into Oneself Not Best Practice
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Tax cuts for rich, Medicaid reuctions also dubious in wake of catastrophic hurricane.… Read the rest
Flogging Promised for ‘Bad Veiling’
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Individuals whose attire is against religious laws in public will be sentenced to flogging and fines.… Read the rest
‘Improperly Veiled Women’ Are Criminals in Iran
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Crimes such as mal-veiling are evident crimes and must be dealt with in accordance with the law.… Read the rest
The Bridge Was Blocked by Armed Sheriffs
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The West Bank was not going to become New Orleans, there would be no Superdomes in their City.… Read the rest
Timothy Garton Ash on What’s Underneath
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Civilization sits on a very thin, fragile crust. We fall through so easily.… Read the rest
Leaving the Science Bit Out of Science Reporting
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Papers think the ‘science bit’ is too hard, so stories on science must be dumbed down.… Read the rest
Wisdom Lingers – Not
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Complacency is the deadly enemy of thinking well.… Read the rest
God is So Kind!
Sep 8th, 2005 |
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He didn’t drown every single person in New Orleans, and he wiped out much of the sin there.… Read the rest
