Oh dear. Kenya again feeling the brunt of Islamist extremism: Gunmen from the Somali militant group al-Shabab say they have attacked a bus in northern Kenya, killing 28 people. The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, not far from the Somali border
From Addicting Info: In between clips of touchdowns and postgame interviews with sweaty athletes, ESPN typically doesn’t find itself having to pick sides on the debate over the reality of evolution by
This meme is surprisingly on the money: The only way in which a gun advocate could complain is if they disagreed with the shoe protocol at airports after the failed attack. But we
This awesome news comes from CNN: (CNN) -- It's a revolutionary decree. In the midst of the fight against Islamist rebels seeking to turn the clock back to the 7th century, a Kurdish region in Syria has just approved a new law ordering equality for women. Take that, ISIS!
Here is a broad selection of claims and quotes from the Catholic Encyclopedia article "The Nature and Attributes of God" compiled by my friend Julian Haydon: God is infinitely perfect He is infinitely good, intelligent, wise, just, holy, etc no Theist of average intelligence ever thinks of unde
In moving house I had to clear a lot of stuff up, throw a lot away and generally reassess what is important to me, and what I need to keep hold of. In my loft was a few boxes of memorabilia: letters (remember them?) sent to me from girls (I was at boarding school) throughout my adolescence; gig t
The National Secular Society has released this fascinating piece which is relevant and in line with my last substantial post on Islam. Moderate believers argue that Isis has misinterpreted the Koran. But no one can determine who is right or wrong, argues Matthew Syed. Who are the real Muslims
Before I get stuck in, I want to emphasise how I am a liberal commentator and am happy to be shown where I am wrong; I do not want to level accusations at Islam which are wrong and which have developed out of a biased media caricature of what Islam is. It is easy to fire from the emotional hip and
From i09: All together now: Fucking fuck. Senator Inhofe, who is poised to become the most powerful senator on the environment, is the same man who has compared the scientific consensus over manmade global warming to Adolf Hitler's conception of the Jewish conspiracy.
I can't vouch for the authenticity of this, but it seems pretty cool. I found it on a comment on a Yahoo News Article: For general interest I copied down the oath given to a new group of fighters with the PKK. The Kurdish YPG fighting in Kobane are a different organization and their oath may be d
From the BHA: A new survey published today has revealed that most of the British public does not think that being religious makes an individual more likely to be moral – with most thinking
From Think Progress: Atheists Score Major Win In Federal Court A federal district court in Oregon has declared Secular Humanism a religion, paving the way for the non-theistic community to obtain the same