She refused to perform illegal abortions, so three men assaulted her… Read the rest
Stalking the wild taboo
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe Seville Statement on Violence was written in the language of sociopolitical activism, not that of science.… Read the rest
Researcher denied funds for assuming evolution
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPeer-review committee said he hadn’t provided ‘adequate justification for the assumption in the proposal that the theory of evolution, and not intelligent-design theory, was correct.’… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo on Righteous Blasphemy
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonJesus is reading The Philosophers’ Magazine.… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo on Mother Teresa
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNot for fans of the saint… Read the rest
Fred Halliday on Blasphemy and Power
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt is not possible to insult or defame someone who has been dead for 1,374 years.… Read the rest
The Forward March Of Women Halted?
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA commitment to women’s equality has eroded and strong opposition to this commitment has emerged.… Read the rest
Chris Mooney on Tom Bethell
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThere’s plenty of science hijacking in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science.… Read the rest
Hitchens on ‘Mother Teresa’
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMisdiagnoses, re-using unsterile needles, no pain medications…… Read the rest
Richard Norman on Richard Swinburne
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIf belief in God is a matter of ‘faith’ in contrast to reason, there’s nothing to distinguish it from mere wishful thinking.… Read the rest
What segregated education does
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonEntrenches the opinions of parents.… Read the rest
HRW on Women’s Rights
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonViolence and discrimination against women are global social epidemics.… Read the rest
Milt Rosenberg interviews Frederick Crews [audio]
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOne of the greatest living skeptics talks about such follies as psychoanalysis, ID, and contemporary literary theory… Read the rest
A Mathematician Reads Social Text
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonDon’t think someone as educated as Ross could fall into such a trap? Think again.… Read the rest
Carl Sagan on The Burden of Skepticism
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhat is called for is an exquisite balance between skeptical scrutiny and great openness to new ideas.… Read the rest
Hitchens on Hirsi Ali
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonShe has case histories that will freeze your blood. These, however, are in some ways less depressing than the excuses made by qualified liberals for their continuation. … Read the rest
Witch-hunts in Orissa
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhen someone gets ill, women are punished.… Read the rest
Ramin Jahanbegloo on a philosophy of tolerance
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAttentiveness towards others and openness towards truth is still not a matter of common sense in some religious and political cultures.… Read the rest
Ramin Jahanbegloo on the intellectual in the Middle East
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIntellectual elites who gave up their intellectual habits and submitted to the strict rules of ideologies such as Marxism-Leninism or Islamism.… Read the rest
Reminding liberals how to get mad
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMichael Bérubé on the Chomskian left and obfuscation… Read the rest