Carl Zimmer Reviews The God Gene *

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Or rather, a gene for something labeled ‘spirituality.’… Read the rest



Advertising Standards Authority rules out miracle cure ad *

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The ASA said Peniel Pentecostal Church had to offer proof at least comparable with that required of makers of washing powder… Read the rest



What is ‘liberal orthodoxy’? *

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Graham Larkin answers questions from New York SunRead the rest



Index to Creationist Claims *

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Rebuttals and references from the scientific community to any and all of the various creationist claims.… Read the rest



Stalking the Wild Taboo *

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Anti-science is a revolt wherein second-rate scholarship is parlayed into tenured professorships and book contracts.… Read the rest



Can White Guys Eat Quiche and Jump? *

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Or as Tom Lehrer put it: Fight fiercely Harvard, fight fight fight: impress them with our prowess, do.… Read the rest



Julian Baggini considers online collaborations. *

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How human relationships are being pushed in new directions by virtual worlds.… Read the rest



Deborah Lipstadt on Holocaust Denial *

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Deborah Lipstadt discusses how misinformation and false claims are used to question the reality of the Nazis’ attempt to exterminate Europe’s Jews.… Read the rest



Ivan Kelly on concepts of modern astrology *

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Interconnectedness, paranormal information transmission, asymmetrical evidence acceptance, aperception of contradiction, and more.… Read the rest



Get an MA in astrology. *

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A new and exciting advance for the academic world.… Read the rest



Daughters of France, Daughters of Allah *

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Marie Brenner on forced marriage, violence, imprisonment of women.… Read the rest



Pragna Patel on the Impact of Fundamentalism *

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Women in particular have borne the brunt of the new found
Hindu militancy and intolerance.… Read the rest



Profile of Susan Sontag from 1992. *

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‘I don’t want to express alienation. It isn’t what I feel. I’m interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up.’… Read the rest



Denis Donoghue Reviews Illness as Metaphor. *

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Impatient with nuances and discriminations that would impede the march of her argument.… Read the rest



Politeness on ‘In Our Time’ *

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The Spectator, coffee houses, no swords, drawing rooms, books, mixing, nobility and gentry, Boswell’s dirty breeches, and much more.… Read the rest



A ‘Museum Different’ *

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The exhibit’s commentary is limited to comments like ‘Respect and sharing of your self is very important.’… Read the rest



An Unlikely Communion of Socialists and Islamists *

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‘…they hide the atheism at the core of leftist politics in order to pursue a blatant get–rich–quick electoral scheme.’… Read the rest



BHL Too Fashionable, French Intellectuals Report *

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Authors motivated by impatience with relentless self-promotion and unquestioning adulation of French media.… Read the rest



As Miss World Turns *

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The war between religious fanaticism and secular modernity is fought over women’s bodies.… Read the rest



Richard Wolin on Derrida *

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‘Deconstruction was perceived, not unjustly, as part and parcel of an elitist, self-enclosed, mandarin academic idiom.’… Read the rest