Fashionable nonsense has been with us since the time that prehistoric man first transcribed Of Grammatology on to the walls of the Lascaux caves. Here we cast an eye back at some historical highlights.

Muslim Council of Britain unable to attend Holocaust Memorial day *

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Because it is too ‘mixed with the politics of the day’… Read the rest

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Nigerian State Segregates Travel *

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‘You have no excuse to carry a woman who is neither your wife nor your mother on a motorcycle.’… Read the rest

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WAF Replies to Tariq Modood *

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Communities of interest are not born; they are made, and construct themselves, according to prevalent ideologies.… Read the rest

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Hitchens on ‘Mother Teresa’ *

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Misdiagnoses, re-using unsterile needles, no pain medications…… Read the rest

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Daughters of France, Daughters of Allah *

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Marie Brenner on forced marriage, violence, imprisonment of women.… Read the rest

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Simon Blackburn on Richard Rorty *

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Rorty has a gift for ducking and weaving and laying smoke… Read the rest

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Noam Chomsky’s ‘Rationality/Science’ *

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‘these attributions scarcely rise to the level of a caricature of rational inquiry’… Read the rest

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Evidence and persuasion *

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Robert Wilcocks on Jacques Bénesteau’s Mensonges freudiens : Histoire d’une désinformation séculaire… Read the rest

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Behe and Intelligent Design *

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Irreducible complexity is a term invented by Behe. It is a myth: there is no irreducible complexity in living organisms.… Read the rest

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The Robbers Cave Experiment *

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A classic on intergroup conflict and cooperation… Read the rest

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Chris Mooney on Tom Bethell *

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There’s plenty of science hijacking in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science.… Read the rest

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Tony Sewell and Lee Jasper on racism and school. *

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We need to challenge a youth culture that thinks to do well in school is ‘to act white.’… Read the rest

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Get an MA in astrology. *

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A new and exciting advance for the academic world.… Read the rest

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The Guardian profiles E O Wilson *

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Ants, pheromones, genes, biodiversity, ecological footprints, consilience.… Read the rest

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The hegemony of social constructionism *

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Mark Bauerlein on the institutional factors behind groupthink.… Read the rest

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Silence over Afghan women’s rights *

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Widows starve, refugees are beaten, rape victims are beaten… Read the rest

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Behe and Intelligent Design *

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Irreducible complexity is a term invented by Behe. It is a myth: there is no irreducible complexity in living organisms.… Read the rest

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On the Robbers Cave Experiment *

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Derogation of the out-group was expressed in word and deed.… Read the rest

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The Forward March Of Women Halted? *

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A commitment to women’s equality has eroded and strong opposition to this commitment has emerged.… Read the rest

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The Catcher in the Rye is a crap book. *

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Execrable prose and jejune narcissism – not a good combination.… Read the rest

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