Internet discourse about gender cannot get any worse than it is right now. Personally, I find the issue rather…
In the last month or so, there have been a few people punished in some way for holding or…
In general, yes, when we speak of ‘free speech’ we are talking about the negative liberty to not be arrested for whatever we say (of course, there’s plenty of complexity contained within the idea of “whatever we say”, but I’ll assume that we have some reasonable notion of what that might be).
I do, however, see the claim (that this sort of free speech is the only sort of free speech worth caring about) as a bit naïve.
I think it’s time to finally retire Godwin’s Law, the “law” that as online discussions proceed the chance that…
This relates to the controversy regarding secular arguments against abortion. I’ve heard bold assertions that we should not acknowledge…
Randa Jarrar has some stern words for white women who belly dance: Arab women are not vessels for white…
It’s worth reading this post by Mike Dobbins (a theist apologist) about whether atheists have a mere lack of…
Is debating the existence of God worthwhile? A short post by John Sargeant argues that it isn’t: For me…
There’s a good post up on Humanisticus about the importance of the term “homophobia” in tackling, well, homophobia. I…
A few days ago I wrote a piece that expressed my worries about the jail sentences handed to a young…