‘Mr Tatchell is not Islamophobic and is not “part of the Islamophobia industry.” Nor is OutRage!’… 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.
The Skeptic’s dictionary on alien abductions
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
‘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 Ophelia Benson
Catholic bishop tells a Representative what to do.… Read the rest
Alaina Podmorow in action, age 11.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Canadian government matches funds raised by Little Women For Little Women in Afghanistan.… Read the rest
Scalia on the death penalty
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For the believing Christian, death is no big deal.… Read the rest
Sholto Byrnes criticizes secularism on the left.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For all the talk of tolerance, there are some who believe that certain subjects simply cannot be aired. And foremost among them is God.… Read the rest
Frontline’s ‘Prisoners of Silence’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Double-blind testing show it’s the ‘facilitator’ who is typing.… Read the rest
Steiner racism and state funding
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
At Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship ‘special pre-election seminar’ … Read the rest
BBC boss says Islam should be treated differently
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Also says his Christian beliefs guide his judgments.… Read the rest
David Colquhoun on the problem of causality
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The problem is traded on by the vast and unscrupulous alternative medicine industry.… Read the rest
Being a new atheist means not saying you’re sorry
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It seems as if in order to be a ‘good’ atheist one has to feel bad about not believing in god.… Read the rest
Diary of a Pakistani Schoolgirl
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
3 January: I am afraid. 14 January: I may not go to school again. … Read the rest
Free Speech and its Postmodern Adversaries
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The theoretical stimuli for multiculturalism owe something to theories about “difference”… Read the rest
Communal justice in Bolivia
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cases include death sentences for women accused of adultery and the beating, stoning, hanging, and burning of an elected official accused of corruption.… Read the rest
Afghanistan: a Just Intervention
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Chris Bertram asks why the British left reacted the way it did.… Read the rest
A History of Neglect
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Paddy Doyle’s timeline of Irish Industrial Schools and failed attempts to reform them.… Read the rest
Religious Schools: the Case Against
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Extracts from Humanist Philosophers’ Group pamphlet.… Read the rest
Would Steve Gould have signed the ‘Steves’ list?
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘There is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence.’… Read the rest
