Lecturer Ashley Smith laid out the biblical basis for what she calls ‘the glorious inequalities of life.’… Read the rest

Reporting from the ‘Value Voters Summit.’… Read the rest

Bush: I am an optimist, because I believe that I’m right. I’m at peace with myself.… Read the rest

Half of all new TB cases in sub-Saharan Africa are now HIV co-infected.… Read the rest

The largely unnoticed collision of HIV and TB has exploded to create a deadly co-epidemic.… Read the rest

Ayaan Hirsi Ali gets bad press on the left. Why?… Read the rest

CPJ urges a thorough inquiry into the murder of outspoken journalist Alisher Saipov.… Read the rest

Plato, Rousseau, Mill, Arendt and Habermas discuss with Cmdr Taco.… Read the rest

The point here is not to deny Kanzi’s achievements but to quantify them correctly. … Read the rest

Is it because only half its population is oppressed that we share values with Saudi Arabia but not with Burma?… Read the rest

Facts should be brought out in the open, not dismissed for ideological reasons. … Read the rest

They acknowledge that realist theory fails to explain the outsize influence of the Israel lobby.… Read the rest

Good science involves open debate, in which dissents are sharpened and clarified, not smoothed over. … Read the rest

Cites threat of religious fundamentalism, says Jews need to be ‘perfected’ by turning Christian.… Read the rest

Said all major world religions share ‘insistence on the dignity of all God’s people.’ Really?… Read the rest

Differences of culture or religion cannot be used as a justification for denying equal rights to women.… Read the rest

Militant atheist – aggressive – in-your-face assault – offensive – despicable – pernicious.… Read the rest

One of the 498 ‘martyrs’ of the Spanish Civil War is charged with torturing a prisoner in 1896.… Read the rest

The political is a place of ‘overlapping consensus.’… Read the rest

Barbara Ehrenreich interrogates Ann Coulter’s concern for women’s rights.… Read the rest