Bigots at the National University of Córdoba sent death threats to JM Mulet, who was on a tour of his book about we should not listen to fear-mongers when it comes to diet choices:
The last major review of the available evidence found that vaccines are safe and that the MMR vaccine does not cause autism. Now, we have new evidence that repeats what we already knew:
via The New York Times:
How are we supposed to be the ones who civilly dissect ill-designed arguments if we’re not even capable of telling us apart from the very people who can’t do civility?
I’d like to congratulate Atheist Ireland for taking the lead in dissociating from a person that hurts our cause and thinks he’s entitled to just because he got readers. I’m following suit.
I do not think there is “suicide” as such, but rather different circumstances, contexts, moments and ways in which someone decides they do not want to continue living.
Even before the Charlie Hebdo massacre I had been thinking about the limits of freedom of expression. Some believe that…
A study published in Evolution and Human Behavior sheds new light on current standards of beauty, attributing modern men preferences…
After a politically correct tantrum, DC Comics pulled this cover-tribute to the most popular story of how Joker was born:
There are no health conditions for which there is reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective
Usually, I won’t cheer for Pakistani laws, but this one makes a lot of sense:
There is still much room for improvement because this is still rather discriminatory: it *discriminates against non-Rastafarian consumers (religious privilege)*, it discriminates against those who consume more than the minimum dose and it discriminates against consumers of drugs other than marijuana.
Why did Muslim fundamentalists place a bomb in a nightclub in Bali? Has the Indonesian government extracted oil from other Muslim countries they invaded? No: the terrorists placed a bomb at the club, precisely because…
BBC reports:
I guess I just find it quite ironic that a supposedly post against “dehumanizing” is actually a part of series concentrated efforts to dehumanize decent people out of envy.
After mentioning the bullying Jonathan Chait had to endure for having an opinion (an opinion I desperately urge you to…
This blog talks about issues considered “of the world of mystery”. The definition of this certainly not unique concept wasn’t…
When it comes to free speech, Bill Maher gets it:
Pat Condell calls it when he sees it: