Standing up for science
A new collection of essays puts the case for a fresh scientific enlightenment to counter the rise of superstition.
Abortion: some messages can’t be massaged
It's time to ditch the spin and tell the truth about why women have abortions, and what would happen if they were denied them.
Overthrowing the father
Bettina Aptheker accuses her Communist dad of sexual abuse, in a depressing memoir of the descent from free speech campaigner to victim-feminist.
Putting the human back into humanism
The real threat to humanism today does not come from religious cranks and creationists, but from an army of secular misanthropes.
‘I want to hear human voices reacting to something’
Liverpool fan Tony Evans, author of Far Foreign Land, berates the sanitisation of modern football.
Must-reads from the past week
Getting to the root of ‘homegrown terrorism’
For all the talk of hotbeds of radicalism in Britain, these small, isolated sects are shaped by Western politics and self-loathing.
Oh Palestine, let us mother you!
Why so many Westerners get an emotional kick from looking at pictures of injured Palestinian kids.
Maybe self-loving does make you blind
Today's narcissistic celebration of masturbation stems from a deep disdain for risk, passion and human relations.
Will Self’s mockery of the mockneys
The Book of Dave envisions a post-apocalyptic London, rebuilt along lines imagined by all those novelists obsessed with the seamy side of life in the capital.
Can TV remote-control our kids?
Some claim the media make children fat and violent; others argue the media can help to make children more socially responsible. Both sides should get a grip.
