Author: Ophelia Benson

The desperate consequences of delusional thinking about medicine…when the deluded are the people running the country.

Nepotism diminishes the role of merit and the need for democratic persuasion in how elected leaders are chosen.

EU will not accept that the notion of defamation of religion be integrated into the framework of human rights

IHEU also attacked the culture of censorship that now prevails in the UN HRC.

The word detox has no agreed meaning. It is a marketing word, designed to separate the gullible from their money

When Prince Charles uses terms such as ‘integrated therapy’ he is following the lead of creationists who hide under the term ‘intelligent design.’

If the baby has AIDS, the mother will feel guilty, and that will be good.

For the believing Christian, death is no big deal.

Also says his Christian beliefs guide his judgments.

3 January: I am afraid. 14 January: I may not go to school again.

Six men were convicted of charges including rape and indecent assault in trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on Pitcairn.

A gigantic taboo zone has been created, repeatedly reiterated and expanded with the well-intentioned collaboration of Western intellectuals.

Rape, incest, sexual abuse; physical and verbal abuse; women have no rights; rudimentary education; animal abuse.

The group regarded their questions and comments as a sign of disrespect for their traditions.

The female kidnappers accused the journalists of insulting their traditions by criticising the practice.

Head of group said the women were taken into “our custody because they spoke unfavourably on radio against FGM”