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.


Sheldrake’s staring effect *

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The sequences used in Sheldrake’s research are not properly randomized. … Read the rest



Denis Donoghue Reviews Illness as Metaphor. *

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Impatient with nuances and discriminations that would impede the march of her argument.… Read the rest



Arguments from Incredulity and Gödel *

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‘Basically, Godel’s theorems prove the Doctrine of Original Sin, the need for the sacrament of penance, and that there is a future eternity.’… Read the rest



About Patrick Henry College *

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Socialism is a violation of God’s creation order.… Read the rest



Rushdie on ‘joke’ Islamic leaders *

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Says there is a “backsliding into bigotry” among Muslims both in Britain and around the world. … Read the rest



So where are these powerful arguments? *

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Alister McGrath says Richard Dawkins is a crude religious propagandist… Read the rest



Islamisation in Malaysia *

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Secularists, women’s rights campaigners, minorities not pleased.… Read the rest



What segregated education does *

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Entrenches the opinions of parents.… Read the rest



Seyran Ates on multiculturalism *

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I want to know, and many thousands of Muslim girls and women have a right to know, why understanding and infinite tolerance is practised with particular cultural traditions that are clearly oppressive of women.… Read the rest



Profile of Susan Sontag from 1992. *

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‘I don’t want to express alienation. It isn’t what I feel. I’m interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up.’… Read the rest



Einstein Wasn’t Writing for Time *

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Einstein’s theory of relativity did not spawn artistic modernism and moral relativism, Time magazine to the contrary notwithstanding.… Read the rest



What is Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy? *

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Highly controversial condition, which some doubt even exists.… Read the rest



Human Rights Watch on the religious revival *

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Tensions between religious fundamentalism and human rights… Read the rest



Kenan Malik’s Debate with Steve Fuller *

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If there are two cultures involved in the Sokal affair they are shoddy scholarship on the one side and an attempt at rational thought on the other. … Read the rest



Necla Kelek *

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Her life was bound by prohibitions: no swimming, no sports, no playing outdoors and no German friends because they were infidels. She ran away the day her father threatened her with an ax. … Read the rest



Richard Norman on Richard Swinburne *

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If belief in God is a matter of ‘faith’ in contrast to reason, there’s nothing to distinguish it from mere wishful thinking.… Read the rest



Dawkins interview *

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On atheism and evidence for God… Read the rest



Pragna Patel on the Impact of Fundamentalism *

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Women in particular have borne the brunt of the new found
Hindu militancy and intolerance.… Read the rest



Hazlitt *

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His obscurity is a depressing lesson in contemporary cultural memory.… Read the rest



Visiting Preacher Killen *

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‘If You Don’t Believe in God, the Hellfire Awaits You.’… Read the rest