Don’t think someone as educated as Ross could fall into such a trap? Think again.… Read the rest

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

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

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

Attentiveness towards others and openness towards truth is still not a matter of common sense in some religious and political cultures.… Read the rest

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

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

‘It’s a bug that has taken hold of me without asking my permission.’… Read the rest

Enlightenment, we should equally remember, means replacing half-baked notions and myths with facts.… Read the rest

Derogation of the out-group was expressed in word and deed.… Read the rest

A classic on intergroup conflict and cooperation… Read the rest

Communities of interest are not born; they are made, and construct themselves, according to prevalent ideologies.… Read the rest

Her life was bound by prohibitions: no swimming, no sports, no playing outdoors and no German friends because they were infidels. She ran away the day her father threatened her with an ax. … Read the rest

Secularists, women’s rights campaigners, minorities not pleased.… Read the rest

New Islamic family law in Malaysia undermines women’s rights.… Read the rest

In 1968, women and men occupied the barricades.… Read the rest

Rehman has been thrashed by her father, threatened at gunpoint by her uncle and forced to marry a complete stranger… Read the rest

Collection of articles on on the ways Hindutva propagandists distort ancient Indian history. … Read the rest

K N Panikkar on the politics of rewriting history in India. … Read the rest

Creationists sense they’re playing a losing game.… Read the rest