Nurse gang raped for doing her job *

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She refused to perform illegal abortions, so three men assaulted her… Read the rest



Stalking the wild taboo *

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The 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 *

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Peer-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 *

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Jesus is reading The Philosophers’ Magazine.… Read the rest



Jesus and Mo on Mother Teresa *

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Not for fans of the saint… Read the rest



Fred Halliday on Blasphemy and Power *

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It 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? *

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A commitment to women’s equality has eroded and strong opposition to this commitment has emerged.… Read the rest



Chris Mooney on Tom Bethell *

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There’s plenty of science hijacking in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science.… Read the rest



Hitchens on ‘Mother Teresa’ *

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Misdiagnoses, re-using unsterile needles, no pain medications…… Read the rest



Richard Norman on Richard Swinburne *

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If 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 *

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Entrenches the opinions of parents.… Read the rest



HRW on Women’s Rights *

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Violence and discrimination against women are global social epidemics.… Read the rest



Milt Rosenberg interviews Frederick Crews [audio] *

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One of the greatest living skeptics talks about such follies as psychoanalysis, ID, and contemporary literary theory… Read the rest



A Mathematician Reads Social Text *

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Don’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 *

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What is called for is an exquisite balance between skeptical scrutiny and great openness to new ideas.… Read the rest



Hitchens on Hirsi Ali *

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She 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 *

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When someone gets ill, women are punished.… Read the rest



Ramin Jahanbegloo on a philosophy of tolerance *

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Attentiveness 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 *

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Intellectual 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 *

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Michael Bérubé on the Chomskian left and obfuscation… Read the rest