Behe compares ID to big bang, which was also not accepted at first. Therefore…… Read the rest
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Le Monde on Homa Arjomand and Sharia 
Oct 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She who made the provincial government of Ontario fold.… Read the rest
Abducted Guardian Journalist Freed
Oct 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rory Carroll phoned Guardian to say his captors had released him to Iraqi government.… Read the rest
Shalom Lappin on The Teflon Chomsky
Oct 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He was wrong about the Khmer Rouge; why is that not a problem for his fans?… Read the rest
From Law and Order to Just Plain Order
Oct 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
As in Joseph de Maistre’s rhapsody over the hangman’s role as cornerstone of civilization.… Read the rest
Kenan Malik Saw the Birth of Multiculturalism
Oct 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When the left, shamefully, swapped secular universalism for ethnic particularism… Read the rest
Slavoj Has Some Fun
Oct 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Other, Others, walls, lies, fantasies, the Unconscious knows no negation.… Read the rest
Dogmatism
Oct 20th, 2005 9:41 pm | By Ophelia BensonConsider dogmatism.
For instance consider Sign and Sight’s acid comment on Prospect’s list of Topp famous public intellectuals.
Who is on “top” has been decided purely by how famous they are. No one in their right mind can take this list seriously, not even the people who drew it up…Even those who are prepared to see in the Pope – a professional dogmatic – an intellectual, would have trouble getting him on the list. Benedict XVI has not got his intellectual status to thank for his number one spot, but his public office…
That’s exactly the question – can a professional dogmatic be an intellectual? I wondered the same thing in the teaser when I first posted the Prospect list, … Read the rest
Lawsuit Over Hijab Requirement
Oct 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hijabs banned in Tunisia, required by The Islamic College in Amsterdam.… Read the rest
Edward Larson on Why Evolution is Threatening
Oct 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What sort of God would create living things through a hateful struggle for existence?… Read the rest
Florida, Where The Living Is Contradictory
Oct 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jeb embraces biotech and hires a creationist to run the school system.… Read the rest
Behe Has Own Special Definition of ‘Theory’
Oct 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Under which, he concedes, astrology would be a scientific theory.… Read the rest
Women who Commit Adultery Should be Killed
Oct 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Local survey in Turkey finds 37% think so.… Read the rest
Simon Callow on Why Ibsen Matters
Oct 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“Ibsen the fanatical sceptic,” wrote Strindberg. “So repellent, so attractive.”… Read the rest
Top Ten Books on Shelley and His Time
Oct 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Holmes, Thompson, Foot, Peacock, Trelawny, Bloom – and a sailing manual.… Read the rest
Orhan Pamuk Denies ‘Genocide’ Claim
Oct 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Did not say: we Turks killed this many Armenians; did not use the word ‘genocide’.… Read the rest
Orhan Pamuk Closer to ‘Them’ Than to ‘Us’
Oct 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pamuk’s human, democratic attitude not approved by nationalist front in Turkey.… Read the rest
Mission Creep
Oct 18th, 2005 7:34 pm | By Ophelia BensonA lot of it just boils down to irrelevance. To changing the subject. To complete, utter, thorough-going abandonment of the work one is supposed to be doing in order to do another kind of work altogether. As if one should hire out as a French chef and spend all one’s time on the job carving ornate soap dishes out of driftwood. As if one should land a lovely job as a cardiologist and devote all one’s job time to training a turtle to recite poetry. As if one were a housing contractor who agreed to build a three bedroom house with a verandah and a library, and once on the site spent all one’s time knitting balaclavas for the troops.… Read the rest
Teacher and Muslim School Disagree Over Hijab
Oct 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Equality commission to rule whether school was wrong to demand she cover her head to work there.… Read the rest
Archbishop Whinges About Atheists
Oct 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Defended religious philosophies as kind of glue.… Read the rest
