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.


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



Scalia on the death penalty *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

For the believing Christian, death is no big deal.… Read the rest



Sholto Byrnes criticizes secularism on the left. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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

Double-blind testing show it’s the ‘facilitator’ who is typing.… Read the rest



Steiner racism and state funding *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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

Also says his Christian beliefs guide his judgments.… Read the rest



David Colquhoun on the problem of causality *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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

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

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

The theoretical stimuli for multiculturalism owe something to theories about “difference”… Read the rest



Communal justice in Bolivia *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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

Chris Bertram asks why the British left reacted the way it did.… Read the rest



A History of Neglect *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

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

Extracts from Humanist Philosophers’ Group pamphlet.… Read the rest



Would Steve Gould have signed the ‘Steves’ list? *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘There is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence.’… Read the rest