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.

Manufactured Consensus? *

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

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Mediawatchwatch interviews Stephen Green of ‘Christian Voice’ *

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

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The machismo of the riots *

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

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Milt Rosenberg interviews Frederick Crews [audio] *

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

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About that Chinese encyclopedia… *

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

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Politeness on ‘In Our Time’ *

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

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A Conversation Between Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker *

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

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An Unbeautiful Mind *

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

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Polio outbreak in Indonesia *

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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

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The Pope is also a head of state, and that’s bad *

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The Vatican’s fictive statehood allows it to promote its retrograde gender values in multilateral forums as well… Read the rest

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Law angers women’s rights campaigners *

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

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HRW on Women’s Rights *

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

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Sheldrake’s staring effect *

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

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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

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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

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About Patrick Henry College *

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

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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

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So where are these powerful arguments? *

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

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Islamisation in Malaysia *

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

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What segregated education does *

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Entrenches the opinions of parents.… Read the rest

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