Despite the greatest challenge yet to his power, Gaddafi remained pugnacious, congratulating his followers for defeating the “rats”.… Read the rest

The video suggests that big top modern atheism may have developed along hierarchical lines not unlike the religious structures it condemns.… Read the rest

Using secularism to fill the enchantment void runs the risk of making it at best religiose and at worst merely upbeat and vacuously “positive.” … Read the rest

Do girls not hate themselves enough? Dirty Girls Ministries is there to help.… Read the rest

The new form of one-upmanship is proving your individualism and authenticity through ecotourism and competitive environmentalism.… Read the rest

“We have had a vision for some time of Steiner provision becoming more mainstream,” and getting the state to fund it would be just the ticket.… Read the rest

Kashif Parvaiz told police some guys shouted ethnic slurs as they killed his wife. That story fell apart.… Read the rest

Get halal Lays potato chips. Get halal Novartis meningitis vaccine before you go on the hajj.… Read the rest

Fortunately, the idea that great apes should not be treated as tools for research has made some progress since the time when Nim was sent back to Oklahoma.… Read the rest

Fantastic. Look.… Read the rest

The idea of utopia is always a kind of play, because we know it’s not real – it’s just what we can imagine.… Read the rest

But when it was young it invented everything and corrected everything and overthrew everything. Srsly.… Read the rest

There’s nothing like lowering your standards to make them easier to uphold.… Read the rest

Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus argue that undergraduate humanities courses should not be esoteric and specialized.… Read the rest

Chiropractic was once viewed as “quackery,” but now it’s become “mainstream.” It’s popular! Therefore there must be something to it! … Read the rest

The one that finally convinced the Montreal police to take Markuze’s threats seriously.… Read the rest

In five weeks he went through over 330 Twitter accounts. … Read the rest

Montreal police would not reveal the identity of the suspect, saying only that he would undergo a psychiatric evaluation shortly.… Read the rest

“We have laws to protect people from illegal incarceration,” says one alum. “But apparently not if you’re a teenage girl.”… Read the rest

The “therapy” involves the running of hands over the patient’s body (without touching) to radiate “healing energy.”… Read the rest