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.


An Unlikely Communion of Socialists and Islamists *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘…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

Or rather, a gene for something labeled ‘spirituality.’… Read the rest



Cretino-Leftism *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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

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

Articles by Forrest, Scott, Miller, Pennock, Behe, Dembski, more.… Read the rest



The machismo of the riots *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

In 1968, women and men occupied the barricades.… Read the rest



Milt Rosenberg interviews Frederick Crews [audio] *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

One of the greatest living skeptics talks about such follies as psychoanalysis, ID, and contemporary literary theory… Read the rest



About that Chinese encyclopedia… *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Foucault cited Borges, but some of his followers cite the encyclopedia as fact.… Read the rest



A ‘Museum Different’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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

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

Americans just keep getting smarter and smarter… Read the rest



Manufactured Consensus? *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

If political considerations dictate what gets published, it’s all over for science.… Read the rest



Mediawatchwatch interviews Stephen Green of ‘Christian Voice’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Other writings are unashamed myth, but not the Bible.… Read the rest



Law angers women’s rights campaigners *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

New Islamic family law in Malaysia undermines women’s rights.… Read the rest



HRW on Women’s Rights *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Violence and discrimination against women are global social epidemics.… Read the rest



Sheldrake’s staring effect *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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



Politeness on ‘In Our Time’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The Spectator, coffee houses, no swords, drawing rooms, books, mixing, nobility and gentry, Boswell’s dirty breeches, and much more.… Read the rest



A Conversation Between Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Both are obsessed with realism and the pursuit of objective knowledge… Read the rest



An Unbeautiful Mind *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

It is pretty uplifting to be a scientist-theologian, happy with the universe, confident of the ways of the Lord. … Read the rest



Polio outbreak in Indonesia *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Officials believe the outbreak can be traced to Nigeria, where vaccinations were suspended in 2003 after radical clerics said they were a US plot… Read the rest