A gigantic taboo zone has been created, repeatedly reiterated and expanded with the well-intentioned collaboration of Western intellectuals.… Read the rest
Pitcairn Island: 6 Found Guilty Of Sex Abuse
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSix men were convicted of charges including rape and indecent assault in trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on Pitcairn.… Read the rest
Diary of a Pakistani Schoolgirl
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson3 January: I am afraid. 14 January: I may not go to school again. … Read the rest
BBC boss says Islam should be treated differently
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAlso says his Christian beliefs guide his judgments.… Read the rest
Scalia on the death penalty
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFor the believing Christian, death is no big deal.… Read the rest
Colorado senator opposes AIDS testing.
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIf the baby has AIDS, the mother will feel guilty, and that will be good.… Read the rest
Gerald Weissmann on Homeopathy and the Prince of Wales
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhen Prince Charles uses terms such as ‘integrated therapy’ he is following the lead of creationists who hide under the term ‘intelligent design.’… Read the rest
Prince of Wales joins ‘detox’ fraud
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe word detox has no agreed meaning. It is a marketing word, designed to separate the gullible from their money… Read the rest
IHEU and CFI defend the rights of women
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIHEU also attacked the culture of censorship that now prevails in the UN HRC.… Read the rest
IHEU against OIC censorship at the UN
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonEU will not accept that the notion of defamation of religion be integrated into the framework of human rights… Read the rest
Nepotistic succession in the political class
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNepotism diminishes the role of merit and the need for democratic persuasion in how elected leaders are chosen.… Read the rest
The Tragic Human Cost of Political Idiocy and AIDS Pseudoscience
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe desperate consequences of delusional thinking about medicine…when the deluded are the people running the country.… Read the rest
Alan Wolfe admires Rick Warren
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBecause he tells a Jewish woman she will go to hell.… Read the rest
Scientist dismisses ‘detox’ diets
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonDetox-based diets can include the use of tablets, socks, body wraps, diets, eating nettle root extract or drinking herbal infusions or “oxygenated” water.… Read the rest
The dangers of too much ‘detox’
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe evidence supporting the whole ‘hydration industry’ is flawed. … Read the rest
Belief in hell
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson79.7% in Ireland, 74.6% in the US, 58.3% in the UK.… Read the rest
Brad DeLong on books as people
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘As long as I think of these as “texts,” they are dry and boring. But there is a key to making them exciting: to remember that they are not texts: they are people–people urgently trying to talk to me, to tell me something very important that they think I desperately need to know.’… Read the rest
LRA accused of selling food aid
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonICC prosecutor says the rebels are using the money they make to rearm.… Read the rest
Flora Terah: beaten and tortured for running for office
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘In Kenya, and especially in the Ameru community I belong to, women are not supposed to get leadership positions.’… Read the rest
‘Honour’ killing rewarded with prize of 3 girls
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonGuy kills wife, gets 3 underage girls in ‘compensation.’… Read the rest