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Gerald Weissmann on Homeopathy and the Prince of Wales *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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



Prince of Wales joins ‘detox’ fraud *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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



IHEU and CFI defend the rights of women *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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



IHEU against OIC censorship at the UN *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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



Nepotistic succession in the political class *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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



The Tragic Human Cost of Political Idiocy and AIDS Pseudoscience *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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



Alan Wolfe admires Rick Warren *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Because he tells a Jewish woman she will go to hell.… Read the rest



Scientist dismisses ‘detox’ diets *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Detox-based diets can include the use of tablets, socks, body wraps, diets, eating nettle root extract or drinking herbal infusions or “oxygenated” water.… Read the rest



The dangers of too much ‘detox’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The evidence supporting the whole ‘hydration industry’ is flawed. … Read the rest



Belief in hell *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

79.7% in Ireland, 74.6% in the US, 58.3% in the UK.… Read the rest



Brad DeLong on books as people *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘As long as I think of these as “texts,” they are dry and boring. But there is a key to making them exciting: to remember that they are not texts: they are people–people urgently trying to talk to me, to tell me something very important that they think I desperately need to know.’… Read the rest



LRA accused of selling food aid *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

ICC prosecutor says the rebels are using the money they make to rearm.… Read the rest



Flora Terah: beaten and tortured for running for office *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘In Kenya, and especially in the Ameru community I belong to, women are not supposed to get leadership positions.’… Read the rest



‘Honour’ killing rewarded with prize of 3 girls *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Guy kills wife, gets 3 underage girls in ‘compensation.’… Read the rest



Katha Pollitt talks to Der Spiegel *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Feminism created a new normal. … Read the rest



Charles Murray is Deeply in Love With Sarah Palin *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The last thing we need are more pointy-headed intellectuals running the government.… Read the rest



Katha Pollitt on Palin the Affirmative Action Babe *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

There’s the fun of watching conservative pundits scramble to deny the obvious.… Read the rest



Dick Taverne rebukes Prince Charles *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

A democratic country cannot tolerate a monarch whose views command notice not because of expertise, but because of his birth.… Read the rest



Saudi Arabia: more female graduates, no more jobs. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Only 16% of Saudi women work, mostly teaching in segregated classrooms.… Read the rest



Swimming in Saudi Arabia *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Foreign woman demands to use pool in international hotel, succeeds.… Read the rest