The EU is now shutting off the tap of affordable medicines by attacking the production, registration, transportation and exportation of generic medicines.… Read the rest

 It is hard to overstate the enormity of Bush’s admission.… Read the rest

He admits that when asked to approve waterboarding, his response was, “Damn right.”… Read the rest

Amnesty International made a last-minute appeal for the sentence to be halted, saying Jahed had not received a fair trial.… Read the rest

When families place advertisements for suitors, they set out a list of criteria that would make you think they were picking out a new car.… Read the rest

In The Moral Landscape, Harris debunks contra-causal free will and draws out the progressive implications for our beliefs and social practices.… Read the rest

  “Mellower? There’s something about that word I don’t like.”… Read the rest

Shahla didn’t call to just say goodbye. Shahla’s last message is indeed a call to us, to do whatever in our power to save her life. Mina Ahadi.… Read the rest

We are asking everyone to immediately voice your protest by calling, faxing and emailing your protests.… Read the rest

Reiss argued that in the UK we should address religious questions around origins in RE classes, leaving science teachers to deal with science.… Read the rest

Polygamy perpetuates women’s already lower social and economic status by forcing women to share already scarce resources.… Read the rest

“Let no-one be in any doubt, with this shameful episode, Catholics in Scotland have drawn a line in the sand.”… Read the rest

He apologized, he groveled, he said he knew it was “deeply offensive,” but it was no use.… Read the rest

Went back to using words like “mankind” and “man” instead of “human beings” and “people” in order to appease critics.… Read the rest

Judges throw the women in jail.… Read the rest

Because he allegedly forwarded an e-mail during the Pope’s visit that referred to the child abuse scandal.… Read the rest

To make sure that religion is indeed a positive force, Blair teaches about it at Yale.… Read the rest

Hitchens landed “blow after blow, many of them decidedly low – especially those about circumcision or women’s rights.” Eh?… Read the rest

Blair points out that “there are many situations in which wrong has been done, without religion playing any part in it at all.”… Read the rest

“I couldn’t breathe. I saw the world in dark colors. I decided I wanted to see the beautiful colors of life — red, blue, green. Not black.”… Read the rest