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.


IHEU against OIC censorship at the UN *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

EU will not accept that the notion of defamation of religion be integrated into the framework of human rights… Read the rest



Catholic Bishops and Sex Abuse *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

19 of the bishops are among the 61 who signed a petition against Obama’s honorary degree at Notre Dame.… Read the rest



Tim Sandefur on Robert Wright on Dennett *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Dennett admitted there’s a Higher Purpose! No he didn’t.… Read the rest



The Skeptical Alt-Heath Practitioner *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

A skeptical massage therapist/science writer is being sued for being ‘offensive.’… Read the rest



IHEU and CFI defend the rights of women *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

IHEU also attacked the culture of censorship that now prevails in the UN HRC.… Read the rest



Turkey’s forced ‘suicides’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

A growing number of girls and women are being locked in rooms by their families, with a gun, poison or a noose, and left there until they kill themselves. … Read the rest



Robert Wright on Dennett at Beliefnet *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Dennett ‘declared that life on earth shows signs of having a higher purpose.’ Not.… Read the rest



The Pennsylvania Taliban *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Punish girls for taking pictures of each other semi-naked, do nothing about boys who distribute the pictures.… Read the rest



Prince of Wales joins ‘detox’ fraud *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The word detox has no agreed meaning. It is a marketing word, designed to separate the gullible from their money… Read the rest



Christine Toomey on gender genocide *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Far from the shortage of women increasing their worth and standing in society, as some might imagine, the result is the opposite. … Read the rest



Pseudoscience is not a valid educational choice *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

A curious working definition of ‘diversity’ now includes funnelling public money to an occult society.… Read the rest



NOVA Talks to John Mack *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

In case after case after case, I’ve been impressed with the sincerity with which people tell their stories, the power of feelings connected with this.… Read the rest



Gerald Weissmann on Homeopathy and the Prince of Wales *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

When Prince Charles uses terms such as ‘integrated therapy’ he is following the lead of creationists who hide under the term ‘intelligent design.’… Read the rest



Fadela Amara and ‘Ni putes ni soumises’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

“The veil symbolises submission to male dominance,” Fadela Amara explains.… Read the rest



Raw Nerve Apologizes to Peter Tatchell *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘Mr Tatchell is not Islamophobic and is not “part of the Islamophobia industry.” Nor is OutRage!’… Read the rest



The Skeptic’s dictionary on alien abductions *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

John Mack claimed that he could think of no better explanation for his patient’s abduction stories than that they were true.… Read the rest



Colorado senator opposes AIDS testing. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

If the baby has AIDS, the mother will feel guilty, and that will be good.… Read the rest



Letter from a Birmingham jail *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘Perhaps the South, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.’… Read the rest



Theocracy in America *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Catholic bishop tells a Representative what to do.… Read the rest



Alaina Podmorow in action, age 11. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Canadian government matches funds raised by Little Women For Little Women in Afghanistan.… Read the rest