She can breathe but not speak – or think, feel, or experience.… Read the rest
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Federal Judge Refuses Feeding-tube Request
Mar 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Since substantial likelihood of success is not there.… Read the rest
Evangelical Populism Trumps Facts
Mar 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Milestone in the campaign for faith over fact and miracles over medicine.… Read the rest
Bush Intervenes to Block Right to Die
Mar 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ends vacation early to strike a blow for minimal government.… Read the rest
STWC Excludes Opponents of Iranian Regime
Mar 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Refugee group of Iranian marchers refused permission to speak from platform.… Read the rest
Dictionary of National Oops
Mar 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
New DNB has many mistakes, some quite basic.… Read the rest
Michael Holroyd Wins Biography Prize
Mar 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Wrote biography of some geezer starring Emma Thompson.… Read the rest
Pinter Makes Bad Career Decision
Mar 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Inexplicable winning of Wilfred Owen award for poetry not a good reason to give up day job.… Read the rest
Four Men in Pakistani Rape Case Re-arrested
Mar 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
To be held until Supreme Court decides final appeal. … Read the rest
Effort to Force Schiavo to Stay Alive Rejected
Mar 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Presumption in favour of a degrading life as an empty shell?… Read the rest
Some Snickers and One Flinch
Mar 17th, 2005 8:26 pm | By Ophelia BensonOkay, I know I’m being bad. But some nonsense is just so nonsensical it just cries out for it. ‘And if the children cry out for rebuke shall we walk on the other side?’ I bet you don’t know what part of the Bible that’s from. Neither do I.
Anyway. They’re schlepping around with their tongues hanging out, begging us to laugh at them. So let’s laugh at them. First let’s laugh at Jesus-sniffing.
… Read the restYou can find candles with just about every fragrance imaginable, from blueberry to ocean mist to hot apple pie. Now there’s a candle that lets you experience the scent of Jesus, and they’ve been selling out by the case…”You can’t see him and you can’t touch
What Would Jesus Smell Like?
Mar 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
You can’t see him or touch him, but light a candle and you can smell him.… Read the rest
Cardinal Plans to Defend Historical Truth
Mar 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jesus did not have a baby with that woman! He did walk on water and rise from the dead though.… Read the rest
Is Altruism a Maladaptation?
Mar 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tooby, Trivers think yes, Gintis, Boyd, think no.… Read the rest
French Catholic Church Wins Injunction Against Ad
Mar 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Offend, sensitivity, intrusion, innermost beliefs, sacred things. … Read the rest
Women Must Take Their Own Decisions
Mar 16th, 2005 8:43 pm | By Ophelia BensonWell. There’s not much to say. I’ll just quote a little. From International Spiegel Online.
Hatin’s crime, it appears, was the desire to lead a normal life in her family’s adopted land. The vivacious 23-year-old beauty, who was raised in Berlin, divorced the Turkish cousin she was forced to marry at age 16. She also discarded her Islamic head scarf, enrolled in a technical school where she was training to become an electrician and began dating German men. For her family, such behavior represented the ultimate shame — the embrace of “corrupt” Western ways.
And because ‘her family’ own her, it’s not enough just to dislike or disapprove of her behavior – they have to turn her into nothing. … Read the rest
It’s Not Easy to Invent Nationalism
Mar 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What is it to be English? And is group identity a good thing anyway?… Read the rest
Outrage at Murder of Hatun Surucu
Mar 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘This tragedy has shaken us awake,’ says Eren Unsal from Association of Secular Turks. … Read the rest
Turkey Campaigns to Educate Women
Mar 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When not beating them up in demonstrations, that is.… Read the rest
‘Honour’ Killings Shock Berlin
Mar 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ozcan Mutlu, Berlin city councillor, complained German authorities ignore the practice.… Read the rest
