The “appeal to common practice” is a fallacy.… Read the rest

We are told that violations of women’s rights are part of someone else’s culture, and that we have no business interfering.… Read the rest

A worrying resistance to the idea that anyone should dare to engage in legitimate criticism.… Read the rest

Italian seismologists are now being indicted and investigated for manslaughter, because they failed to shout “earthquake!”… Read the rest

At some point in human history, ideas began to meet and mate, to have sex with each other.… Read the rest

Greta Christina wonders about people who explicitly say they don’t care whether the things they believe are true.… Read the rest

Did he jump, or was he pushed? Were his attacks on Evan Harris too much even for the Telegraph?… Read the rest

Sharia courts work against rather than for equality, and are incompatible with human rights.… Read the rest

ICCL seriously doubts that the Irish Catholic bishops retain sufficient moral authority to pontificate on the Civil Partnership Bill.… Read the rest

BBC is oddly evasive about why.… Read the rest

Ultra-orthodox Ashkenazi parents don’t want their daughters going to school with Sephardim.… Read the rest

Still. After all this time.… Read the rest

And harassment and intimidation tactics by federal officials and local police, as well as BP employees and contractors.… Read the rest

BP says they’re not, but they are.… Read the rest

But at Cornell they call it clitoroplasty, so it sounds sciency.… Read the rest

Researchers at U of Amsterdam find that oxytocin appears to lead to “defensive” aggression against threatening outgroups.… Read the rest