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The Forward March Of Women Halted? *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

A 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

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



Hitchens on ‘Mother Teresa’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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



Richard Norman on Richard Swinburne *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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 *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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] *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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 *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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 *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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 *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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 *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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



Philosophy: Who Needs It? *

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



Carlin Romano Reads Bruce Bawer *

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



On the Robbers Cave Experiment *

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



The Robbers Cave Experiment *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

A classic on intergroup conflict and cooperation… Read the rest



WAF Replies to Tariq Modood *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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



Necla Kelek *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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