“The New York Times” decided it will now refer to “female genital mutilation” as “genital cutting”, a term that brings to mind something as harmless as male circumcision (which is …
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For all those among you who, when jihadis in Western Europe started using cars and trucks to kill and main innocent civilians as an alternative to more difficult firearms and …
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali will now not be coming to Australia. Her “Hero of Heresy” speaking tour this week has been cancelled due to “security concerns”. Too heretical for some: Hirsi …
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On the pages of The Sydney Morning Herald (of course), an ANU climate scientist (of course), Sophie Lewis, agonises whether or not it is right for her – and more …
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Apparently, criticising or arguing with a woman who thinks that Islam is the most feminist religion is sexist: Business and community leaders have been urged to support controversial Islamic activist …
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Yes I do. And these stories, which caught my eye this morning, illustrate why. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has just released their analysis of …
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I can’t remember many other stories over the past few years which have so infuriated and outraged me since I first stumbled across it some time ago. In a sleepy …
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You know what really bothers me about all the most outlandish anti-Trump hysteria? That the most ridiculous examples of it take place on college and university campuses. The people involved …
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7:08pm/4:08am: I will finish this liveblog with this thought: I did not support Trump (and I definitely did not support Hillary), so there is no surprise that I have great …
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You can call it Chrenkoff’s First Law of Politics: for every tinpot dick in the developing world there are always more than enough Western experts to excuse him as long …
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It must be my MONA visit last week, but this latest art extravaganza news has caught my attention: According to performance art duo Pony Express, we’ve fucked the biosphere. To …
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A few days ago, a 53-year-old resident of an affluent Rhode Island town (but I’m repeating myself) of Barrington, Alan Sorrentino, wrote a tongue-in-cheek letter to his local newspaper (circulation …
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By virtue of the authority vested in his by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, President Barack Obama did hereby proclaim October 16 through October 22, 2016, …
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Free speech is under assault everywhere around the world. In Pakistan, Asia Bibi, a Christian mother-of-five, has been under the death sentence for the past six years for blasphemy – …
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A new report from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has castigated Great Britain for increase in hate speech and racist violence, and has kindly offered 23 recommendations …
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