‘I found a dimpled spider, fat and white…’… Read the rest
Fashionable nonsense has been with us since the time that prehistoric man first transcribed Of Grammatology on to the walls of the Lascaux caves. Here we cast an eye back at some historical highlights.
Ramin Jahanbegloo on a philosophy of tolerance
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Attentiveness towards others and openness towards truth is still not a matter of common sense in some religious and political cultures.… Read the rest
Stalking the wild taboo
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Seville Statement on Violence was written in the language of sociopolitical activism, not that of science.… Read the rest
Richard Wolin on Derrida
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Deconstruction was perceived, not unjustly, as part and parcel of an elitist, self-enclosed, mandarin academic idiom.’… Read the rest
Index to Creationist Claims
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rebuttals and references from the scientific community to any and all of the various creationist claims.… Read the rest
The Things We Forgot to Remember
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
OU/Radio 4 series on which bits of history we remember and which we don’t… Read the rest
Empty-headed vehemence of a discouraging kind
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Greer’s idealization of miserable women – which is to say, her denial of their misery – is worse than naive. It is cruel.… Read the rest
Company recalls ‘offensive’ sandals
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Laceys footwear, in London, made the decision after it received complaints from ‘the Hindu community.’… Read the rest
Crews Replies to Plantinga on ID
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Creationists sense they’re playing a losing game.… Read the rest
Witch-hunts in Orissa
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When someone gets ill, women are punished.… Read the rest
Nurse gang raped for doing her job
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She refused to perform illegal abortions, so three men assaulted her… Read the rest
As Miss World Turns
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The war between religious fanaticism and secular modernity is fought over women’s bodies.… Read the rest
What is ‘liberal orthodoxy’?
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Graham Larkin answers questions from New York Sun… Read the rest
15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Scientific American provides useful tool… Read the rest
Ann Cryer: Forced marriages must end
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Amanda Day talks to Labour MP Ann Cryer about her campaign to win justice for young Asian women.… Read the rest
The great Kabbalah con
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
An organisation that charges £860 for dinner, ‘healing’ water and some books in Aramaic… Read the rest
Outsider as enemy
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
K N Panikkar on the politics of rewriting history in India. … Read the rest
Hitchens on Hirsi Ali
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She has case histories that will freeze your blood. These, however, are in some ways less depressing than the excuses made by qualified liberals for their continuation. … Read the rest
Kenan Malik on free speech
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The impact of censorship is in fact to undermine progressive movements within minority communities.… Read the rest
BHL Too Fashionable, French Intellectuals Report
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Authors motivated by impatience with relentless self-promotion and unquestioning adulation of French media.… Read the rest