He said so at Pastor John Hagee’s Texas megachurch. Srsly.… Read the rest

“It’s not just writers who are the enemy now; it’s language itself.”… Read the rest

The family regard it as their duty to “rejoice in all of God’s judgements” – murders, natural disasters, the loss of loved-ones to carnality and fornication.… Read the rest

Franco set the precedent, and then it became a racket.… Read the rest

And what is it, anyway? An expensive but meaningless credential, a ticket to debt, vocational training, or education?… Read the rest

See? Those brown lines where it’s starting to rot? That’s Allah.… Read the rest

And revolutionary women in Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia…… Read the rest

What is truly disturbing about this book’s huge commercial success is that it attests to the prevalence of unreason among vast numbers of Americans.… Read the rest

“Women do not appear in public without wearing a burka and niqab in an Islamic country like Afghanistan,” one official said.… Read the rest

The war? Poverty? Schools, roads, hospitals? Ravening Islamists? Corruption? Incompetence? Of course not. It’s naked female heads.… Read the rest

“The more the Jesuits learned about McGuire’s problems, the harder they worked to cover them up.”… Read the rest

Lots of warnings, over a period of four decades.… Read the rest

The police raid of the news website, a fierce critic of the ruling Justice and Development Party further fueled debate on freedom of the press in Turkey.… Read the rest

Last year, the same journalist faced jail for criticising the courts.… Read the rest

Why indeed.… Read the rest