Category: culture wars
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My pledge to buy the Jewel of Medina is just one signatory away from being fulfilled, so if you haven’t already signed up, please do. Since I launched the pledge, the publishers Gibson Square have postponed the publication of the book indefinitely, which means that the firebombers may have won. Shelina Zahra Janmohamed has also…
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A victory for common sense: A US judge has thrown out a case against God, ruling that because the defendant has no address, legal papers cannot be served. So, after thousands of years of theology, it comes down to a judge in Nebraska. If he isn’t omnipresent, that rules out pantheism and panentheism and leaves…
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For those of you who missed it this morning, here is a quote from today’s Thought for the Day by The Rt Rev. James Jones: Tomorrow Daniel enters the Lion’s Den up here in Liverpool. The author of the report that recommends ‘ the rolling up’ of the regeneration strategies of the Northern cities is…
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The BBC reports: A Norwegian politician has said she will not seek re-election after running up a large phone bill ringing fortune-tellers at parliament’s expense. Saera Khan [not to be confused with Saira Khan, the Apprentice finalist], an MP for the ruling Labour Party, admits calling pay-per-minute fortune-tellers 793 times in one nine-month period, for…
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Holy censorship Batman! The Villainous Passportiser is attacking us again with “Do You Know Who I Am” press release gun. Apparently, people have been shocked to discover that the new Batman film isn’t for kiddies. A year’s worth of advertising centering around the horrifically disfigured villain, plus the fact that it is a sequel to…