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.

Michelle Goldberg on the Dover trial *

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Emboldened by their growing political power, religious conservatives are once again storming the barricades of science education. … Read the rest

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Women constantly under threat in Afghanistan *

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The state cannot protect women and ensure that they can go about their work safely. … Read the rest

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Little help available for minors fleeing FLDS *

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Service providers cannot help them because they’re minors and runaways. … Read the rest

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Charles Murray is Deeply in Love With Sarah Palin *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The last thing we need are more pointy-headed intellectuals running the government.… Read the rest

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Afsan Chowdhury on the shadow citizens *

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Being gay in Bangladesh isn’t easy.… Read the rest

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Joel Achenbach on Carl Sagan *

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We have needed Sagan ever since Copernicus removed us from the center of the universe.… Read the rest

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Confessions of a Lonely Atheist *

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Natalie Angier unimpressed by Bush’s assumption that prayer is some sort of miracle Vicks Vapo Rub for the national charley horse.… Read the rest

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Massimo Puglicci reads Stanley Fish on atheism *

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Another demonstration that atheism is simply not permissible.… Read the rest

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God v Science *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

What is so good about having faith when you don’t have evidence? What is the real advantage to that? Why is this something that we want to encourage?… Read the rest

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WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA statement on FGM *

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Confirming the universally unacceptable harm caused by FGM, and issuing an unqualified call for the elimination of this practice in all its forms.… Read the rest

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Reading Karen Armstrong *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

History is for Karen Armstrong not so much putty as Playdoh.… Read the rest

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Katha Pollitt talks to Der Spiegel *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Feminism created a new normal. … Read the rest

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M V Ramana on gay rights in South Asia *

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The strongly patriarchal nature of South Asian societies ensures even worse treatment for lesbians than for gay men.… Read the rest

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Right to Offend *

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‘Today, the open society is challenged by Islamism’… Read the rest

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Pigliucci on Fish on atheism *

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He has to reduce science to just another faith in order to salvage the “reasonableness” of religious belief.… Read the rest

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Natasha Walter on women in Afghanistan *

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“Every day women are sacrificed for their family or tribe,” Nilab Mobarez tells me angrily. … Read the rest

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WHO study on risks of FGM *

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WHO study shows FGM exposes women and babies to significant risk at childbirth.… Read the rest

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The Candidate *

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The New Yorker on Obama in May 2004… Read the rest

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‘Honour’ killing rewarded with prize of 3 girls *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Guy kills wife, gets 3 underage girls in ‘compensation.’… Read the rest

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