The impact of censorship is in fact to undermine progressive movements within minority communities.… Read the rest
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.
BHL Too Fashionable, French Intellectuals Report
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Authors motivated by impatience with relentless self-promotion and unquestioning adulation of French media.… Read the rest
Advertising Standards Authority rules out miracle cure ad
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The ASA said Peniel Pentecostal Church had to offer proof at least comparable with that required of makers of washing powder… Read the rest
The real politics behind bad academic writing
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The desire to “question common sense” is merely the self-congratulation of someone whose “sense” is different, but no less “common.”… Read the rest
Women Against Fundamentalisms
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
WAF was launched in 1989 to challenge the rise of fundamentalism in all religions.… Read the rest
Scott McLemee does a close reading of ‘Battlefield Earth’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Terl’s responsibilities include blackmailing fellow Psychlo Forest Whitaker and laughing at his own jokes.… Read the rest
Horseplay in Harappa
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Collection of articles on on the ways Hindutva propagandists distort ancient Indian history. … Read the rest
Carl Sagan on The Burden of Skepticism
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What is called for is an exquisite balance between skeptical scrutiny and great openness to new ideas.… Read the rest
Jeffrey Nielsen’s response to firing by BYU
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
I also strongly disagree with the implications of your statement that faithfulness and loyalty to the church and church leaders never permits expressions of disagreement, or questioning of our church leaders – especially in an academic setting.… Read the rest
An Unlikely Communion of Socialists and Islamists
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘…they hide the atheism at the core of leftist politics in order to pursue a blatant get–rich–quick electoral scheme.’… Read the rest
Carl Zimmer Reviews The God Gene
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or rather, a gene for something labeled ‘spirituality.’… Read the rest
Cretino-Leftism
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Classic Symptom of Epistemological Cretino-Leftism: Claiming that criticism, reason, rational inquiry and the pursuit of truth are “instruments of oppression”.… Read the rest
Amnesty International on ‘honour’ killings in Pakistan
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dr Tahira Shahid Khan says ‘Women are considered the property of the males in their family irrespective of their class, ethnic or religious group. The owner of the property has the right to decide its fate. The concept of ownership has turned women into a commodity’… Read the rest
Natural History on ‘Intelligent Design’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Articles by Forrest, Scott, Miller, Pennock, Behe, Dembski, more.… Read the rest
British diplomats rescue women from forced marriages
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rehman has been thrashed by her father, threatened at gunpoint by her uncle and forced to marry a complete stranger… Read the rest
A Mathematician Reads Social Text
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Don’t think someone as educated as Ross could fall into such a trap? Think again.… Read the rest
‘Living on Earth’ visits Wangari Maathai
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Green belts, trees, women, poverty, empowerment, corruption, resistance.… Read the rest
A ‘Museum Different’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The exhibit’s commentary is limited to comments like ‘Respect and sharing of your self is very important.’… Read the rest
Azam Kamguian on Islam and Education
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The anti-secularist reaction has been bad for women and children.… Read the rest
Grade Inflation in US higher education
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Americans just keep getting smarter and smarter… Read the rest