If he doesn’t want elected officials doing things people didn’t vote for, can we assume he’ll be giving up his seat in the House of Lords?… Read the rest

Because, of course, all are not welcome. Amen.… Read the rest

The concern of most of the women in this country is that if the coalition pulls out, the gains women have made will be wrenched away.… Read the rest

If every school taught the basics – randomised trials, blinding, cohort studies, systematic reviews – it would teach some of the most important ideas in science.… Read the rest

At every step, there is room for fun results to get through, and for unwelcome results to fall off the radar.… Read the rest

“What we are seeing is visual records of the culture of impunity in the Pakistani law enforcement agencies,” said a researcher for Human Rights Watch.… Read the rest

The photos are all of someone else; some of the details don’t add up; nobody seems to know her.… Read the rest

Quebec’s director of public health is urging people to get vaccinated. Duh.… Read the rest

Monarchists feel the need to claim that the Windsors are somehow more worthy than the rest of us.… Read the rest

“I’ll attend the Gay Pride parade when it’s a civil demonstration and no longer an exuse to jeer at the Holy Father and prance around in fancy costumes.”… Read the rest

After he moved abroad, right-wing groups continued to vandalize exhibitions that displayed his work.… Read the rest

The popular meme of Dawkins The Bigot is the creation of the Christian Creationist Right, who loathe him for the power of his advocacy.… Read the rest

“A highly educated population is a really great aspiration. Of course you can only do it if you fund it properly.”… Read the rest

Muslim feminists “tend to forget that none of the monotheistic religions treat men and women equally, and there’s a limit to what scholarship can do to change that.”… Read the rest

“Now we are getting some information that Gaddafi himself decided [to authorise the rapes] and this is new.”… Read the rest

Chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo has now said he may present an additional charge of mass rape.… Read the rest

His exhibitions were often attacked by reactionary Hindu groups.… Read the rest

He lived by the motto that the confines of religion, caste, creed and color should never restrain a painter.… Read the rest

Do we have a responsibility to find out what really happened through a full inquiry and criminal prosecutions?… Read the rest

The UN report called for a statutory inquiry, a “prompt, independent and thorough investigation” into allegations of abuse against the women.… Read the rest