HRW had as its original mission to pry open closed societies, advocate basic freedoms and support dissenters.… Read the rest

‘We need to be looking to political philosophy. I’m as hazy on the subject as the next person…’… Read the rest

‘The Islamic syariah law has become void because Article 4 places the country’s law above other laws.’… Read the rest

‘There is a vast amount of pro-Stalinist literature on the bookstalls: fiction, journalism and pseudo-history.’… Read the rest

New evidence indicates that Darwinius masillae is not a transitional form in human evolution.… Read the rest

It hasn’t offended anyone yet, but it might, so let’s not publish it after all.… Read the rest

They escape the horror of women priests but the Vatican is a strict boss.… Read the rest

Hanim Goren shouted at her husband across the courtroom: ‘Look at my face. What did you do to Tulay?’… Read the rest

‘The quest for meaning continues. So God isn’t going anywhere.’ There’s logic for you!… Read the rest

‘The unforgivable part is that they told me and my sisters that my mother had given us up, that she didn’t want us.’… Read the rest

Industry bodies don’t seem to do much of a job checking credentials. … Read the rest

The Atheist Foundation of Australia and the Global Atheist Convention were knocked offline.… Read the rest

The Exclusive Brethren Church is accused of hiding a ‘plague’ of sexual abuse.… Read the rest

‘I am not asking for forgiveness and it wasn’t a mistake. It was a choice.’ ‘Well, in that case, you will be judged.’… Read the rest

Bishops often moved the abuser priests into poorer, working-class areas, where people were more trusting.… Read the rest

The issue of child abuse cannot be ignored or left simply to individuals taking action through the courts.… Read the rest

There was near unanimity at CFI in support of Blasphemy Day. Paul Kurtz and a few others dissented.… Read the rest

Received a Templeton fellowship. Reported sympathetically on Creation Museum, Dominonist film festival.… Read the rest

The reporter had the goal of making a story that put atheism in a bad light, so she wrote it that way.… Read the rest

A growing number of children in Africa are accused of witchcraft by pastors, then tortured or killed.… Read the rest