‘It would depress my children to no end if they even thought they were evolved from an animal.’… Read the rest

Has no regrets about his cartoon, ‘which deeply offended many Muslims,’ says NY Times piously.… Read the rest

The evil influence of Satan is evident in the highest ranks of the Catholic hierarchy, he said.… Read the rest

Self-indulgent, disdain, blinkered self-congratulation, militant, noisy, inexorable sense of superiority.… Read the rest

‘Ingeniously put together? By whom? And by what criterion of “ingenuity?”’… Read the rest

Shiria Khatun says, ‘We live in a democratic society and I have the right to dress how I like.’… Read the rest

The usual thuggish bullying stupidity.… Read the rest

The pope should say exactly what he knew about widespread allegations of abuse by clerics in Regensburg.… Read the rest

Democracy is not one person, one vote plus however many extra votes you’d like on behalf of your invisible friend.… Read the rest

What we have in Plateau state is a situation where militant Islam has led to the emergence of militant Christianity. … Read the rest

An increasingly vocal cadre of eminent philosophers has doubts about Darwin – but they ignore biology.… Read the rest

An orphanage of terror in which Armenian children were systematically deprived of their Armenian identity.… Read the rest

Oh but it is.… Read the rest

The constant nagging from ‘faith leaders’ about their neglect does seem to be having an effect on politicians.… Read the rest

Templeton creates a climate in which journalists who take a certain line can expect sizable rewards.… Read the rest

Over 500 dead, most of them women and children hacked to death by machete wielding gangs. … Read the rest

Bishop cites public anger at pomp and ceremony when the Irish bishops knelt to kiss the Pope’s ring.… Read the rest

‘We are not calling for the introduction of the penal system which calls for cutting off hands.’ Ah.… Read the rest

The church says defectors are ‘apostates.’… Read the rest

‘If this is the way kids are home-schooled then they’re being shortchanged, both rationally and in terms of biology.’… Read the rest