John Laughland – defending Milosevic, criticising the Hague Tribunal, seeing bias against Yanukovich.… Read the rest

Women in Africa infected at much higher rates; sexual exploitation a significant factor.… Read the rest

Makes education, prevention and treatment difficult.… Read the rest

HIV activists say machismo is fuelling the epidemic, and women pay the price.… Read the rest

From role of sexual violence in AIDS to supposed racism of mentioning the idea.… Read the rest

Pieter-Dirk Uys and others accuse Mbeki of letting people die.… Read the rest

Jazz and actionless novels are okay if you like them, but if not…… Read the rest

Prize: a copy of The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense. Deadline 13 December.… Read the rest

Computers could write novels, but they would probably be on the dull side.… Read the rest

Kluge prize goes to historian Jaroslav Pelikan and philosopher Paul Ricoeur.… Read the rest

Guess what, they make a contribution.… Read the rest

Can science and reason help us reason about ethics?… Read the rest

And no one can change them. Women can wear any colour – as long as it’s a chador.… Read the rest

Intellectuals, religious, atheist or agnostic, are simply not heard.… Read the rest

‘Outside the tiny group of academic theorists, the question is closed.’… Read the rest

And makes one dubious assertion after another.… Read the rest

And no evidence that they harm the environment… Read the rest

Study also found potential benefits to farmers of growing GM crops.… Read the rest

Try health-warning labels.… Read the rest

A Wala feels superior to a Dagarti, the Dagombas and Gonjas feel superior to neighbours, the Asante feel superior to the lot.… Read the rest