Mobiles give delusions of grandeur and a segregating sense of superiority.… Read the rest
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Problems With the Precautionary Principle 
Jun 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Our obsession with keeping safe can expose us to new dangers.… Read the rest
The Guardian Considers ‘Presentism’
Jun 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How far off the hook should we let morally obtuse people who are long gone?… Read the rest
West and Central Africa at Risk of Polio
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Officials announced a 22-country synchronized vaccination campaign for autumn.… Read the rest
WHO: Vaccination to Resume in Nigeria
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Kano state to resume vaccinations after eight month boycott.… Read the rest
Polio Epidemic in Northern Nigeria
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Local government stopped giving vaccine last August.… Read the rest
Politics, Religion, Profit Infect Health Policy
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ken Wiwa on the polio epidemic in Northern Nigeria.… Read the rest
Jamaican Gay Rights Activist Murdered
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Was pop-fuelled homophobia partly to blame?… Read the rest
‘Quack Autism Cures Must End’
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Autism Intervention Research Trust says it will fund studies to see which treatments work and which do not.… Read the rest
Drink Fruit Juice to Survive Cancer, Says Prince Charles
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Somebody shut him up, please.… Read the rest
Not Worth Doing? Not Worth Doing Well
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Daniel Dennett on chmess and the wilting of 995 flowers.… Read the rest
Horrible Prediction
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Ten or fifteen years from now, appeals to religious Americans will be an accepted part of liberal politics.’… Read the rest
Vetting of Government Scientists on WHO Panels
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Science is supposed to be an open process, not a government-approved one.… Read the rest
Astronomer Martin Rees Considers the Future
Jun 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Our Final Century says we are on thin ice.… Read the rest
How the Brain Makes the Mind
Jun 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
William Calvin Review Soul Made Flesh and The Birth of the Mind.… Read the rest
Bush Protects Sugar Biz From Health Nuts
Jun 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sugar doesn’t make people fat, science makes people fat!… Read the rest
New Limits on Government Scientists
Jun 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Experts now need approval before consulting with WHO.… Read the rest
Chris Mooney on an Under-reported Issue
Jun 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bush administration interferes between WHO and government scientists.… Read the rest
The Respect Coalition – Reactionaries in Progressive Clothing?
Jun 26th, 2004 | By Phil DoréThe European and local elections of June 2004 saw the emergence of a new political party in the United Kingdom; called Respect, it presented itself as a new force in British politics, driving a progressive agenda. However, there are contradictions within this agenda, and in its practices, which threaten to turn it into a reactionary party rather than a progressive one.
Respect, or to give it its full title, Respect – The Unity Coalition, was formed on the 1st February 2004. It was set up both to replace the Socialist Alliance (although it was stated that Respect’s position was not explicitly socialist), and also to transform the Stop the War Coalition into a political party – thus taking protest against … Read the rest
Piling On
Jun 25th, 2004 8:39 pm | By Ophelia BensonPoor old Theory. It’s getting attacked from all directions these days. (Hurrah! Oh that’s not kind. But hurrah!) We read Dawkins on the subject a couple of days ago, and yesterday saw that Theorists were almost absent from Prospect’s List of Top Intellectuals, and now here’s the Australian and the New Statesman joining in. (Hurrah!) Poor Theory, how sad. (Good for us though. Perfect timing for dear Dictionary of Fashionable Bollocks, eh.)
Both articles are really quite scathing. (Hurrah! Now stop that at once or I’ll take the keyboard away and send you outside to play.) Really quite unmealymouthed.
Drat. Between the time I linked to the NS article in News, and now, the NS has (I guess) stuck the … Read the rest
