Monthly Archives: October 2010

A Storm in a Soup Can?

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted over at the Corner: TPM Muckraker has a rising-tide-of-intolerance type story over on its site. The topic? Soup. Earlier this year, Campbell Canada introduced a line of halal-certified soups. The 15 soups comply with Islamic dietary regulations which, much … Continue reading →

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Perfection is impossible

Posted on October 6, 2010 by David Hume

From the comments: It is amazing that on a blog called SECULAR Right we have so many people here willing to pull the lever for someone about as far from “secular” as one can imagine. Have you all devolved to … Continue reading →

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DeMint Speaks!

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

Minority Jim speaks out: “People are beginning to see that there’s no way we can pay the interest on our debt and every week, we’re borrowing money to pay the debt we have and are creating new programs that are … Continue reading →

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Christine O’Donnell is one of you!

Posted on October 5, 2010 by David Hume

Ms. O’Donnell makes very explicit one of the aspects of contemporary right-wing populism. On the one hand it is surely true that the American Elite Establishment has become stagnant and calcified. On the other hand, do we really want Average … Continue reading →

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Another Brick in the Wall

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted over at the Corner: At first glance, there is less to this Sunday Telegraph story than meets the eye: Hundreds of girls are bring forced by British schools to wear the Islamic veil in a move which has been … Continue reading →

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Playing the Victim

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

This report caught my eye: Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich screened his Catholic documentary “Nine Days That Changed the World” Monday night in Washington Hall and urged the audience to carry the film’s lessons into an increasingly … Continue reading →

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Knowing My Religion

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

An entertaining Pew survey showing that atheists and agnostics are better informed about religion than their theistic counterparts has raised a few eyebrows. I’m not convinced it’s such a big deal. As Daniel Larison records, there’s this detail: Data from … Continue reading →

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Godwin’s Pope (3)

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

One academic’s (the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College) response to the pope’s claim that the Nazis were atheists (in reality, some were and some were not) can be found here. An extract follows: Christian theologians, Catholic … Continue reading →

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