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Roy Hattersley Reviews Book on T H Green *

Feb 28th, 2005 | Filed by

‘The Labour party has always been short of philosophers’; Green is essential reading.… Read the rest



Camus and Sartre: Friendship and Influence *

Feb 28th, 2005 | Filed by

Sartre the philosopher who dabbled in literature, Camus the writer who dabbled in philosophy.… Read the rest



Who is This ‘Christian Voice’ Gang? *

Feb 28th, 2005 | Filed by

Tiny group gets attention by being absurd.… Read the rest



‘Christian Voice’ Plans to Target Abortion Clinics *

Feb 28th, 2005 | Filed by

Because women should be indoors under authority of father then husband.… Read the rest



An Abstract and a Party

Feb 28th, 2005 3:37 am | By

And a little humour. Philip Stott tells us about a seminal new paper on climate change.

Abstract: the much-studied ‘Forest Period’ (Fp) persisted in southern England for only the briefest of geological time, being conservatively-dated to between October 14th, 1926 and October 11th, 1928, although some scholars argue that ‘Forest’ remnants may have survived on, and around, tumuli, or small mounds [see: Margot Mythenmaker, 1958. “The utopia of ‘enchanted places’ revisited.” The Panenic Review, Vol. 56(2), [1958] 1959, pp. 3-9]…

Despite the undoubted geological brevity of the ‘Forest Period’, Kaninchen postulates that it is possible to recognise no fewer than seven (7) different climatic phases (Phases FpI to FpVII) for the ‘Forest Period’ (Fp):

(a) Phase

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With But a Single Thought

Feb 28th, 2005 12:22 am | By

And speaking of self-fulfilling prophecies…We were speaking of them the other day in High Tension and ever since I keep bumping into them. You know how that goes, when you mention something or learn a new word and immediately afterward it’s everywhere. It’s been happening to me with that word ‘quotidian’ which I was told is a very rare, peculiar word – I keep hearing and reading it. It doesn’t seem to be all that rare. And self-fulfilling prophecy is everywhere too. There was that Robert Frank article in the NY Times a few days ago (which unfortunately has now gone into the archive and which the link generator never generated a link for, so I can’t quote from … Read the rest



Watch Out! Stop Eating! Throw Up! *

Feb 27th, 2005 | Filed by

Everything is dangerous, everything is toxic, there is no safe level, we’re all doomed.… Read the rest



Gender, Brains, Expectations, Numbers *

Feb 27th, 2005 | Filed by

Studies show brain differences, also that beliefs affect test performance.… Read the rest



More From Amnesty International on its Founder *

Feb 27th, 2005 | Filed by

Spanish orphans and trade unionists, German Jews, Greek Cypriots, Portuguese political prisoners…… Read the rest



Amnesty International on Peter Benenson *

Feb 27th, 2005 | Filed by

‘In 2005 his legacy is a world wide movement for human rights which will never die.’… Read the rest



Peter Benenson 1921-2005 *

Feb 27th, 2005 | Filed by

His 1961 newspaper article ‘The Forgotten Prisoners’ changed the world for the better. … Read the rest



Bush Admin Science Advisor Gets One Thing Right *

Feb 26th, 2005 | Filed by

John Marburger stated point blank, ‘Intelligent Design is not a scientific theory.’… Read the rest



Dynamic Behind Campus Free-speech Fights *

Feb 26th, 2005 | Filed by

Parochial argument turned into national banquet for right-wingers hungry for culture enemies.… Read the rest



Scott McLemee Goes to Derrida Conference *

Feb 26th, 2005 | Filed by

Where Jack Balkin suggests that Bush has hoisted Derrida by his own aporias.… Read the rest



Did Larry Summers Have a Cunning Plan? *

Feb 26th, 2005 | Filed by

If not, he wasn’t doing his job and doesn’t know what it is, Stanley Fish says.… Read the rest



A C Grayling Reviews Fuller on Popper and Kuhn *

Feb 26th, 2005 | Filed by

Popper’s promotion of critical spirit of scientific enquiry preferable to Kuhn’s incommensurability.… Read the rest



First, Do No Harm *

Feb 26th, 2005 | Filed by

Next, get agreement on what will do harm. Best of luck!… Read the rest



Richard Dawkins on the Giant Tortoise’s Tale *

Feb 26th, 2005 | Filed by

Islands provide the barrier to sexual intermingling that evolution needs.… Read the rest



Beliefs Should Precede ‘Positioning’ *

Feb 25th, 2005 | Filed by

Michael Tomasky: Democrats just don’t talk about fundamental ideas enough.… Read the rest



Todd Gitlin on Permission to Speak Freely *

Feb 25th, 2005 | Filed by

Conformity is self-fulfilling, lending itself to enshrinement of the smug and the narrow.… Read the rest