Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Thomas L Friedman, the Pulitzer prize winning American journalist, columnist and author who writes a twice-weekly column for The New York Times has a few things to say about Egypt, not from the comfort of his own plush office in that city, but on the ground in Egypt, because he went to find out what … Read more
Lets start be understanding what the term secularism does and does not mean. It does not mean that all religious beliefs should be banned, because unlike many forms of belief that will not tolerate non-belief or other beliefs, secularism is just about the separation of church and state. Why does this matter? Well because the … Read more
The debate on the proposed Gay Marriage bill in the UK has reached the House of Lords, and as might be expected, the unelected Bishops have a few thoughts on it all. Side note, yes we have people who are part of our law-making process on the sole basis that they have an imaginary friend … Read more
These days it is politically correct in some quarters to not criticise beliefs, perhaps because doing so it too close to racist xenophobia. It is of course true that extreme right wing groups such as the EDL (English Defence League in the UK) tap into the fear instilled within the minds of many by events such as … Read more
Michele Bachmann has announced that she will not run for re-election in 2014 (phew), perhaps because she has enough sense to grasp that her chances of getting re-elected are more or less zero, or perhaps it just might be due to a widening investigation into her campaign spending. She claims … “I fully anticipate the mainstream liberal … Read more
You will of course be familiar with what happened in Woolwich, so I have no desire to rake over it nor to dwell upon the specifics, instead I’d like to comment on the reaction to it all. It has been incorrectly labelled an act of terrorism, but it was no such thing, instead it was … Read more