Nah, that would rule out hating the Pope.… Read the rest

‘I wish I had been able to say to my parents at 14, “You can’t do this to me because it is illegal.”‘… Read the rest

Raymond Tallis on peculiar ideas about humans.… Read the rest

In a society geared towards immediate gains, philosophy seems unable to produce tangible benefits.… Read the rest

Who wants to read about hitherto unlit quarters of the human condition all the time? … Read the rest

It’s a mistake to credit corporations with the same capacity for intellectual independence as academics.… Read the rest

Explosions in crowded markets and a bus on the eve of a festival of light.… Read the rest

Birmingham city council and government funding regimes have fuelled this hostility.… Read the rest

‘Our leaders aren’t diminishing the importance of race, but fuelling sectarianism.’… Read the rest

‘Our culture’s criterion of acceptability is not “Is it right?” but “Does it work?”’… Read the rest

‘They have a right to a Jewish education and…the state has a duty to provide an alternative.’… Read the rest

‘interviewing…insufficiently objective to form part of the admission process for a state-maintained school’… Read the rest

Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District transcripts and more. Pdf files.… Read the rest

Parents sue council over refusal to bus Jewish children 30 miles across the Pennines. … Read the rest

White liberals have dismissed intellectuals critical of their ancestral cultures as inauthentic.… Read the rest

Guardian/ICM poll shows 64% agree ‘the government should not be funding faith schools of any kind’.… Read the rest

‘Even if no prosecutions are brought, the Act will inhibit public debate on issues of great importance.’… Read the rest

Aide to Dick Cheney resigns after indictment.… Read the rest

Calls for wiping people off maps tend to raise alarm.… Read the rest

Islamic Feminism cites misogynistic distortions of the teachings in the Koran. … Read the rest