Which is different from identity or community.… Read the rest

‘Removing it is the right decision for the sake of social stability,’ said VP of Patriotic Catholic Association.… Read the rest

‘He is convinced that a return to “primitivism” is the route to human happiness.’… Read the rest

Religion gives us ‘hints of a mental or spiritual universe that transcends the material universe.’… Read the rest

NASCAR, Wal-Mart, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, Red State, Values, Family, Faith…… Read the rest

Thus making history as a form of inquiry illegal. Interesting move.… Read the rest

Attention to the issue of what’s true and what’s false in Bush’s statements is seen as ideological.… Read the rest

One fact must be accepted as the basis for any intellectual work: truth is not democratically determined. … Read the rest

By people who simply disregard facts that don’t happen to agree with their agendas. [link fixed]… Read the rest

‘a necessary, though not sufficient condition for the improvement in the security situation in Iraq.’… Read the rest

Leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has been killed in a US airstrike.… Read the rest

Every year hundreds of women and girls are married against their will.… Read the rest

‘After a short explanation about bad attitudes and the need to love, patiently and calmly apply the rod to his backside.’… Read the rest

‘Try Jesus! If you don’t like him, Satan will always take you back.’… Read the rest

Was it political?… Read the rest

Scott McLemee interviews one of the authors of Why Truth Matters.… Read the rest

All three books are about cosmopolitanism, but otherwise couldn’t be more different.… Read the rest

Wittgensteinian on sociological questions, essentialist on truth conditions. … Read the rest

Just as disagreement and criticism are both different from censorship.… Read the rest

Can someone whose religion forbids abortion and contraception defend women’s rights in parliament?… Read the rest