But it’s heavily diluted, so just think of it as homeopathy.… Read the rest
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Oh So That’s Why Everyone is so Perky
Aug 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There are traces of Prozac in UK drinking water. Some worry, others don’t.… Read the rest
Munchausen’s by Proxy That Wasn’t
Aug 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Doctor banned from child protection cases for three years.… Read the rest
A Guess is not Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Aug 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Your view was a theory which was not presented as a theory but as a near certainty.’… Read the rest
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?
Aug 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Doctor accuses man of killing his own children on the basis of TV documentary.… Read the rest
Wardrobe
Aug 8th, 2004 3:43 am | By Ophelia BensonWell I just thought I would link to this, simply because it made me laugh a lot. Yes it is, that’s a perfectly good reason.
The situation Norm complains of – having to buy three kinds of cat food, two of which his cat doesn’t like and won’t eat, because the kind she does like suddenly comes in a variety pack with two others instead of on its own – is a classic, a pure, a definitional example of what Kingsley Amis so rightly called sod the public. There’s a lot of it in the UK. I’ve always noticed that. There’s too much obsequiousness and groveling for the customer over here, perhaps (except of course when there isn’t), but … Read the rest
Idleness is Good
Aug 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
People who work too hard don’t think. So there.… Read the rest
European Secularism is the Enemy
Aug 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We are a menace to Al Qaeda just because of who we are.’… Read the rest
The Cover
Aug 7th, 2004 1:12 am | By Ophelia BensonOh look. What fun. We’d noticed that the Amazon page for the Dictionary didn’t have a picture. But now it does. I clicked on the page in an idle moment (okay a lazy moment) to see, and idleness and laziness were rewarded, because there it was. So have a look. And no, that is not a portrait. Everyone I’ve shown the book to says in a surprised manner ‘But you don’t look like that.’ No, that’s true, I don’t. I don’t wear my hair in two bunches on the back upper corners of my head, for one thing. And everything else is different too. There is no resemblance. None. I don’t think the guy looks much like my … Read the rest
Carlin Romano on Lichtenberg
Aug 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A spy on humanity.… Read the rest
More Cells in the Brain Than Stars in the Sky
Aug 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gerald Edelman on consciousness.… Read the rest
Why Islamic Law should be opposed?
Aug 6th, 2004 | By Azam KamguianIslamic Sharia law should be opposed by everyone who believes in universal human rights, women’s civil rights and individual freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of religion and belief and freedom from religion. Islamic law developed in the first few centuries of Islam and incorporated Middle Eastern pre – Islamic misogynist and tribal customs and traditions. Shari’a developed not only from the Koran and the Sunna but also through juristic reasoning and interpretation and hence different sects. We may ask how a law whose elements were first laid down over a 1000 years ago can be relevant in the 21st century. The Sharia only reflects the social and economic conditions of the time of Abbasid and has grown out of touch … Read the rest
BBC Favourite Blogs Thing
Aug 5th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Okay so there’s one obvious omission here. Okay two.… Read the rest
Book About Honour Killing is a Fake
Aug 5th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Has ruined cause of fighting ‘honour’ killing, Rana Husseini says.… Read the rest
True Lies and the Quest for ‘Authenticity’
Aug 5th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Yes the difference between truth and fiction does matter. (Despite provenance of site.)… Read the rest
Smorgasbord or Prix Fixe?
Aug 5th, 2004 |
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Quantity or quality, breadth or depth, freedom or discipline? The quandaries of higher education.… Read the rest
Porn Studs and the Job Market
Aug 5th, 2004 |
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Sure studying dirty movies is enlightening but will the kid be able to get a job?… Read the rest
Terry Eagleton Sounding Like a Neocon Pundit?!
Aug 5th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘In his view, we have nothing to lose but our postmodernism.’… Read the rest
Boiling
Aug 5th, 2004 1:42 am | By Ophelia BensonRemember the lists of life-altering books? Way back last month – out of sight out of mind? I thought I would link to another, because it has The Uses of Literacy, by Richard Hoggart. As good a reason as any.
So once I started a book-related subject I thought I might as well continue with this article by Mark Edmundson. It says one or two things that I often say to myself (sometimes with oaths, sometimes in a kind of whining sniveling croon).
… Read the restYet for many people, the process of socialization doesn’t quite work. The values they acquire from all the well-meaning authorities don’t fit them. And it is these people who often become obsessed readers. They don’t
Martha Nussbaum on Disgust
Aug 4th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Have we sufficiently investigated the thoughts involved in shame and disgust?… Read the rest