“It turns out that Mortenson’s books and public statements are permeated with
falsehoods.”… Read the rest

It was a library book.… Read the rest

About theocratic misogyny, “compassion” and religion, gnu atheism and the backlash.… Read the rest

Thugs shredded Serrano’s “Piss Christ.” Gallery is leaving the destroyed work on show “so people can see what barbarians can do.”… Read the rest

As an ideology, strong atheism tends to emerge under the threat of theocracy.… Read the rest

“Atheism clearly isn’t natural.” Wha?… Read the rest

Many of the 370-plus anti-abortion bills now wending their way through state legislatures are simply about creating misery, anxiety and fear.… Read the rest

“Aristotle himself thought that ethics concerned wellbeing. But he appreciated, as Harris does not, the twists and turns involved in that simple sounding idea.”… Read the rest

Cites the Koran: “It is not for a believer, man or woman, that they should have any option in their decision when Allah and his Messenger have decreed a matter.”… Read the rest

What explains the unusual vitriol heaped upon the Gnus by certain non-gnu atheists?… Read the rest

“We have to take the Socratic challenge to lead the examined life. You must transcend the teachings and the teachers. Don’t be a disciple.”… Read the rest

Cameron’s “political guru” wrote a book on how corporations could fight anti-capitalist protesters by emphasising the benefits they delivered…… Read the rest

His disdain for the notion of submission before a deity is put with characteristic force.… Read the rest

Harris is nothing if not self-confident. There is a voluminous philosophical literature on the relationship between facts and values. Harris chooses to ignore most of it.… Read the rest

It’s a bad movie, therefore a minority taste, therefore the Tea Party will love it.… Read the rest

It begins, like much pseudoscience, with uncontroversial truths. Then the trouble starts.… Read the rest

Winston claims that Dawkins and Harris “balkanise the world a good deal more” than religion does. Srsly.… Read the rest

Prosecutions like this are increasing in the US and are a result of movements that seek to give the foetus rights that trump those of women.… Read the rest

Inconceivable. Social considerations. Technical reasons. Not enough booths. No procedures. Postponed. Future. Proper conditions. Protocol.… Read the rest

Extraordinary – the interviewer asks sensible questions and Grayling has time to answer. On Fox News!… Read the rest