It took a worldwide outcry to spare ‘Qatif girl’ and others. We have to keep squawking.… Read the rest

Once a conclusion is determined in advance by faith, subsequent ‘argument’ is mere rationalization.… Read the rest

Romanticism created fertile soil for the idea that the mind could expunge a trauma from consciousness.… Read the rest

Christians not allowed to use the word.… Read the rest

People are upset.… Read the rest

‘She was a liberal force, a hope for a Pakistan overrun by militancy. Now there is a great vacuum.’… Read the rest

‘What one western culture deems a gross violation is not so in another culture.’… Read the rest

It’s no good waiting until after the revolution.… Read the rest

‘This book runs the full gamut from the mediocre to the ludicrous to the merely bad.’… Read the rest

‘We in the west have no privileged place from which to judge other cultures and traditions.’… Read the rest

Far-right hate speech bad, hate speech in a mosque – er – um –… Read the rest

Neocons seized the human rights narrative, but that doesn’t mean the left should abandon it.… Read the rest

Keep religion out of politics and out of the mouths of politicians.… Read the rest

In many countries what happened to Hadjo would be called paedophilia and the male attacker would be imprisoned.… Read the rest

Student and parents filed a lawsuit alleging history teacher violated student’s constitutional rights. … Read the rest

Postcolonial studies placed a dime-store psychology of empire at the center of every discussion of ‘East meets West.’… Read the rest

Public Opinion demonstrated how much people see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear.… Read the rest

Walzer’s goal in these essays is to argue that liberal values can and should be preserved in leftist politics.… Read the rest

People who pivot until they can ‘understand’ almost anything in order to keep their own presuppositions intact.… Read the rest

Also ‘homeophobia’ and the virulence of Ben Goldacre.… Read the rest