Humanist philosophers in Britain had become Guardian columnists: Baggini, Blackburn, Grayling.… Read the rest

By Carol Tavris and Elliott Aronson – sounds like a must-read.… Read the rest

‘Liberals tend to take for granted that everyone agrees on the value of toleration.’… Read the rest

Sartre takes those of us who see no evidence of a creator through the problem of how we should act in this world.… Read the rest

Along with Hague on Wilberforce, and Harry Potter.… Read the rest

It is the surrender of the mind to the body that AF cannot stand: mere body management, devoid of spirituality.… Read the rest

The new age caravanserai: astrologers, spirit mediums, faith healers, homeopathic medicine. … Read the rest

Angel therapy, psychic energy, clearing energy blockages in the meridian system, and the like.… Read the rest

‘At age 9-10 children should be taught: “There must be one khali-fah”.’… Read the rest

A handful of Turkish scientists have been working to counter creationism’s spread in the country. … Read the rest

Rather than a huge leap forward all we have is a small step.… Read the rest

Harvard drivel, but drivel nonetheless.… Read the rest

The notion that faith is a form of moral fortitude needs to be given the full point-and-laugh treatment.… Read the rest

If there is one feature which distinguishes medicine from quackery, it is that tradition of critical self-appraisal.… Read the rest

What’s really important is what you do with data. You can mispresent it, and scare people. Or not.… Read the rest

Another example of ‘the hassle barrier’: pretend controversies that rely on bald assertion.… Read the rest

Because scientific literacy does matter, whatever Mike Huckabee thinks.… Read the rest

For the record.… Read the rest