Most major religions have been run by men, who have often used them to control and suppress women.… Read the rest

Arrange chakras. Buy tuning fork. Arrange crystal bowls. Say ‘om’. Be one with all life.… Read the rest

To project a sonic Valentine to the Earth Mother. Aw, that’s sweet.… Read the rest

That’s the one where if someone feels insulted, you done broke the law.… Read the rest

‘It’s nice to see the cultural-relativist shoe back on the far-right foot.’… Read the rest

One of dozens of writers charged under controversial laws against ‘insulting Turkishness.’… Read the rest

Newspaper editor Hrant Dink was convicted in 2005 of ‘insulting Turkish identity.’… Read the rest

Colbert satirizes the intellectual and social myopia afflicting the Bush admin and many Americans. … Read the rest

He believed science had a title to knowledge independent of practitioners’ culture and values.… Read the rest

Keen to see children die as martyrs.… Read the rest

There is a difficulty, which is that no scientific experiment can have any bearing on their hypothesis.… Read the rest

Maybe if it does ‘experiments,’ federal judges will let it into science classrooms.… Read the rest

When the piles of books and papers get too tall – put everything in a box, then find a place for the box.… Read the rest

Opposition to stem-cell research, abortion, contraception are all religiously inspired prohibitions.… Read the rest

Only sluts need it, so don’t vaccinate your daughters; if they get HPV, they’re sluts, so they deserve it.… Read the rest

Persistence of belief in a particular religion is aided if that religion teaches that God punishes disbelief.… Read the rest

‘Good philosophy always has had to take some nourishment from surrounding politics, moral concerns, and science.’… Read the rest

The reasons against are noticeably…thin.… Read the rest

Scientists say the research could provide cures; opponents say it ‘tampers with nature,’ is unethical. … Read the rest