So she won’t be deported to Iran to be flogged or executed. Good.… Read the rest
All entries by this author
Ex-Klansman Convicted in 1964 Murders 
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Charges dropped in 1964 because local police were colluding with the Klan, federal prosecutors have said.… Read the rest
Pentagon Nearly Sent ‘Left Behind’ to Troops
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Apparently Pentagon wonks thought what the Iraq war lacked was a dose of end-times theology.… Read the rest
What on Earth are West Midlands Police up to?
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Ofcom referral caters to the sense of ‘victim culture’ peddled by the MCB and others.… Read the rest
Alice Dreger on Writing in Fear
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Intimidation impedes free inquiry.… Read the rest
Dreger’s Report on the Bailey Controversy [pdf]
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘A Case History of the Politics of Science, Identity, and Sex in the Internet Age’… Read the rest
When a Lesbian Says ‘We Are all Hezb’ Allah Now!’
Aug 24th, 2007 | By Azar MajediWhen my daughter’s friend told me a couple of weeks a go, that her socialist lesbian friend has a poster on her wall saying: “we are all Hezb’ Allah Now!” I said: “my God! [and I am an atheist] something has gone fundamentally wrong.”
I asked myself, what are they trying to do, mock socialists? Or, are they simply brainwashed? What is this world coming to?
This young woman has all the necessary ingredients for fighting against political Islam and Hezb’ Allah. First of all she is a woman. Just the fact of being a female is enough to make you a staunch enemy of a radically misogynist movement, unless you are brainwashed to do the opposite.
To add to … Read the rest
We’re going to have people saying unpopular things
Aug 23rd, 2007 12:24 pm | By Ophelia BensonJ. Michael Bailey, a psychologist at Northwestern University, has promoted a theory that his critics think is inaccurate, insulting and potentially damaging to transgender women. In the past few years, several prominent academics who are transgender have made a series of accusations against the psychologist…Lynn Conway, a prominent computer scientist at the University of Michigan, sent out an e-mail message comparing Dr. Bailey’s views to Nazi propaganda…Dr. Ben Barres, a neurobiologist at Stanford, said in reference to Dr. Bailey’s thesis in the book, “Bailey seems to make a living by claiming that the things people hold most deeply true are not true.”
Oh no, not that. If he does that then nothing is too bad … Read the rest
Maryam Namazie on the Veil and Violence
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In Iran two sisters died because their brother deemed it sinful for the paramedics to touch them. … Read the rest
Protest Deportation of Pegah Emambakhsh
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
UK is violating all the international Conventions deciding to repatriate Pegah Emambakhsh.… Read the rest
Harassment of a Scholar
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If we’re going to have research at all, then we’re going to have people saying unpopular things.… Read the rest
Atheists Respond
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They vilify atheists and distort their views, then complain of how divisive they are.… Read the rest
Yet Another Complaint About ‘Aggressive’ Atheism
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
First put words in its mouth, then say it can best be called aggressive.… Read the rest
Is Stealing Wireless Wrong?
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Philosophers Nick Bostrom and Julian Baggini comment.… Read the rest
Jesus Smoked
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Malaysian newspaper published an image of Jesus holding a cigarette. But is that really Jesus? … Read the rest
Judgements by default
Aug 22nd, 2007 5:12 pm | By Ophelia BensonSilencing by libel suit – it’s everywhere. Deborah Lipstadt pointed out one branch a couple of weeks ago.
… Read the restNow the Saudis have silenced another book. This one is by J. Millard Burr, a former relief coordinator for Operation Lifeline Sudan, U.S. Agency for International Development, and Robert O. Collins, professor of history at the University of California at Santa Barbara. They have written a number of books on Darfur and Sudan. Their most recent book, Alms for Jihad, was published by Cambridge University Press. The authors explore how…”The Saudi royal family played a pernicious role, founding and promoting charities to spread militant Sunni Islam…” The British lawyers for Khalid bin Mahfouz and his son Abdulrahman bin Mahfouz wrote Cambridge
Ali Eteraz on Harun Yahya and Censorship
Aug 22nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What does this say about the promises that Islamist parties make before actually acquiring power?… Read the rest
Excerpt from Zimbardo’s ‘The Lucifer Effect’
Aug 22nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When all members of a group are in a deindividuated state, their mental functioning changes.… Read the rest
Harun Yahya Blocks all of WordPress in Turkey
Aug 22nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A thriving citizen-journalist community has been silenced because of the ego of one rich creationist.… Read the rest
Review of Chris Mooney’s ‘Storm World’
Aug 22nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The evidence is on the side of those who think hurricanes are changing along with global warming.… Read the rest
