Robust challenge was lacking. … Read the rest

It’s reasonable to discuss woolly subjects, but skeptics should be on the panels.… Read the rest

Relief, rejoicing: baby not a worthless female.… Read the rest

Critics say left can do both; Walter Benn Michaels says it hasn’t happened.… Read the rest

Her new book beats up on nasty materialists and ‘Darwinians’; she has Found God.… Read the rest

Says difference between valuing sentimental objects and believing in magic is only one of degree.… Read the rest

‘Theory has no vested interests inasmuch as it never lays claim to an absolute system.’… Read the rest

Evangelical asks audience to ‘raise hands in prayer’ towards a life-size photo of Bush.… Read the rest

Or not.… Read the rest

‘Many Liberals are now hoping the writer and academic will be the next Trudeau.’… Read the rest

But seems to equate religious belief with sentiment, which is dubious.… Read the rest

10% of young British Asians thinks ‘honour killings’ can be justified, according to BBC poll.… Read the rest

Gardasil was found to be effective on more strains of HPV than first thought. … Read the rest

‘The Left can’t talk in a way that convinces outsiders that it is honest.’… Read the rest

The characters delivered intricate arias of Victorian syntax and repetitive obscenity.… Read the rest

‘If they sell something, whether it’s a potion or a curse, they need to pay tax.’… Read the rest

Accuse some left activists and Muslim extremists of using criticism of Israel as ‘pretext’ for anti-semitism.… Read the rest

‘What he most dislikes is breezy confidence; the pieties of both left and right set him off.’… Read the rest

Later Foucault was a human-rights activist, contrary to his canonization as the progenitor of identity politics.… Read the rest

Images of veiled women make it hard to think about the Muslim world without thinking about women.… Read the rest