Remember the Slut Walk in Toronto? When during a talk on how to be safe from sexual attack, a police […]
news, religion
The dangers of superstition coupled with despair
Best to skip this one if you don’t want to be depressed. Reuters reports: Hundreds of girls raped, murdered in […]
Islam, politics
“Why I can’t celebrate”
Valarie Kaur, a third generation Sikh American film maker, writes about why she isn’t celebrating Osama bin Laden’s death: The […]
politics
bin angry– a rant
If there’s something that could inspire me to the kind of nationalistic joy that prompts a person to dance in […]
food, politics, sustainability
The “E” word applied to food. No, it doesn’t stand for “educated.” Or “empathetic.”
Eric Schlosser lays down the law in the Washington Post: At the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting this year, […]
autism, injustice
Woo in the courtroom
A Michigan couple were accused of sexually abusing their severely autistic daughter. Julian and Thal Wendrow were jailed and their […]
Uncategorized
Hmm….profound
Also: If there is no bulb, do not turn on the light.If you have no car, do not drive.If there […]
freedom of speech, Westboro Baptist Church
How not to counter-protest
Gawker reports that the Westboro Baptist Church were met in Mississippi by some people who decided to try and out-douchebag […]
feminism, politics
National debt blamed on pussification of America
From Mother Jones: Freshman Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has been known to say some pretty outlandish things from time to […]
cognition, evolution, religion
Have we evolved to reject evolution?
Following on the Pope post, there are various theories about whether people might reject evolutionary theory because it contradicts their […]