Christopher Hitchens pointed out that the fatwa against Salman Rushdie was the opening shot in a culture war against freedom. The state of the world seems to agree with him.
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On Tuesday there was a terrorist attack in London.Compared to the attacks of 2015 and 2016, I think the response of civilization has improved considerably:
The land of Locke, Hobbes, Darwin, Dawkins and Hitchens turned into a feudal pigsty.
Besides the newsworthiness of the truth, there are at least three reasons why it is desirable that politicians and journalists begin to admit the relationship between religion and the terrorist acts it inspires:
At some point Charlie Hebdo chose not to draw Muhammad any longer… or so we were told. But it isn’t true:
Venezuela is having both pro-government and anti-government demonstrations, and so far, two people have died. To make it worse, Venezuelan government…
As a journalist I struggle with widespread misconceptions about how the media and communication work almost on a daily basis.…
A few days ago, James Maxie attacked pastor Norman Hayes when the latter suggested Maxie, who happens to be an…
Dan Fincke (Camels with Hammers) shared Ozy Frantz‘s post On Boston so I went ahead and read it. As a journalist…
The Sandy Hook massacre was an awful thing. I hate to see Christians and politicians taking advantage of it. Among…