In a column this week, Dink said he had received many death threats, and that he was scared. … Read the rest

Thousands rallied in Istanbul. ‘We are all Armenians, we are all Hrant Dink,’ the crowd chanted.… Read the rest

‘No greater insult could have been made against Turkey and the Turkish identity.’… Read the rest

Journalists and politicians in Turkey have expressed outrage at the killing.… Read the rest

Blasphemy laws undermine free speech and encourage religious bigotry and obscurantism.… Read the rest

Men seek to manage male sexual drives by
managing the appearance and behavior of women.… Read the rest

If anti-gay rights Xians are the minority, why did four out of the five bishops vote against the rules?… Read the rest

Most major religions have been run by men, who have often used them to control and suppress women.… Read the rest

Arrange chakras. Buy tuning fork. Arrange crystal bowls. Say ‘om’. Be one with all life.… Read the rest

To project a sonic Valentine to the Earth Mother. Aw, that’s sweet.… Read the rest

That’s the one where if someone feels insulted, you done broke the law.… Read the rest

‘It’s nice to see the cultural-relativist shoe back on the far-right foot.’… Read the rest

One of dozens of writers charged under controversial laws against ‘insulting Turkishness.’… Read the rest

Newspaper editor Hrant Dink was convicted in 2005 of ‘insulting Turkish identity.’… Read the rest

Colbert satirizes the intellectual and social myopia afflicting the Bush admin and many Americans. … Read the rest

He believed science had a title to knowledge independent of practitioners’ culture and values.… Read the rest

Keen to see children die as martyrs.… Read the rest

There is a difficulty, which is that no scientific experiment can have any bearing on their hypothesis.… Read the rest