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The Fundamentalist El Niño
Nov 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Evangelicals have taken advantage of religion’s immunity from criticism.… Read the rest
Blogger Threatened for ‘Insults’ to Allah
Nov 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Allah not threatened for insults to blogger.… Read the rest
Livingstone Under Investigation over al-Qaradawi
Nov 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Invitation to al-Qaradawi not popular with women, gays, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus, some Muslims, non-bombers – most people.… Read the rest
Michael Fitzpatrick Reviews Richard Horton
Nov 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lancet editor’s new book on MMR panic doesn’t explain why he published Wakefield’s flawed research.… Read the rest
Trip Nostalgia
Nov 10th, 2004 11:33 pm | By Ophelia BensonIt’s beautiful here today, in an odd, subdued sort of way. I went for a walk and gazed out over the Sound an hour or so ago. Everything is grey – the sky, the water – but it’s a bright, translucent grey in places. The clouds are shapey and various as opposed to being a single pewter-coloured blanket, and there are places where the sun almost shines through them, so in the distance the water is quite silvery. I’ve been back for a week (plus a bit). Things have shaken down as they do after a trip (that’s one of the fun things about trips: the sense of strangeness when you get back), and I’ve had time to think it … Read the rest
Oxford Wins Extension to Animal Rights Injunction
Nov 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Order grants ‘no harassment’ zone around all its buildings in the city. … Read the rest
‘Slaughterhouses’ Found in Fallujah
Nov 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Iraqi troops have found houses where hostages were held and killed by the ‘resistance’.… Read the rest
Arundhati Roy Speaks to Australia
Nov 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Why should people allow a novelist to influence their political views?’… Read the rest
Arundhati Roy Defends Views on Iraqi ‘Resistance’
Nov 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Several critics said Roy’s views on Iraq should have disqualified her.’… Read the rest
Kristallnacht March in Oslo Forbids ‘Jewish Symbols’
Nov 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Commemoration ended without a single representative from Norway’s Jews.… Read the rest
Calls For End to Violence at van Gogh Funeral
Nov 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Anger, hatred, sorrow, fear, remorse, all mix it up in aftermath of murder.… Read the rest
Court Rules Vlaams Blok Party is Racist
Nov 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Belgium’s highest court has ruled Flemish far-right Vlaams Blok is racist. … Read the rest
A Word from George Eliot
Nov 9th, 2004 9:34 pm | By Ophelia BensonA bit of old business I’ve been meaning to get to for several days. This question of religion and the focus of its public rhetoric and exhortation on a narrow view of sexual morality with a comparable neglect of social justice – of, if you prefer, poverty, oppression, exploitation, bad working conditions, injustice, and the like. One of our readers took issue with that view of the matter, and I thought I would offer one or two more places where I’d seen the idea discussed.
One is this piece by Ishtiaq Ahmed in the ‘Daily Times’ of Pakistan.
… Read the restThe Islamic position on life on earth was that Muslims should enjoy the good things of life within limits prescribed by Sharia…What
Does Affirmative Action Hurt Black Law Students?
Nov 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Study suggests some counter-productive effects; critics respond.… Read the rest
Elaine Showalter on Tom Wolfe’s New Novel
Nov 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not a satiric view of the university but a leering exposé of undergraduate sexual behaviour.… Read the rest
Index on What?
Nov 9th, 2004 2:21 am | By Ophelia BensonThe comments by Juan Golblado on the ‘Paying Too Much Attention’ Comment have prompted me to hurry up and do what I’ve been meaning to do, which is to say a word or two about this bizarre article at Index on Censorship. It is, as Mr Golblado says, a striking case of the fox being invited into the henhouse. Unless of course the Index on Censorship is supposed to be an organization that sings the virtues of censorship, but I kind of thought it wasn’t supposed to be that kind of organization.
… Read the restVan Gogh’s juvenile shock-horror art finally led him to build an exploitative working relationship with Somalia-born Dutch MP Ayann Hirsi Ali, whose terrible personal experience of abuse
Panda’s Thumb on Georgia Case
Nov 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Debate over Cobb school district decision taken to courtroom.… Read the rest
Here We Go Again – Scopes Trial #7293
Nov 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Biology textbooks, Georgia, evolution, petition, only a theory, ID, law suit.… Read the rest
Why Is the EU Not Talking About van Gogh?
Nov 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Anything for a quiet life?… Read the rest