Bogosity

Following on from an earlier post on abortion, I read a very good letter to the editor in a recent New Internationalist issue.

defend life (fith heading from the top)

Women’s rights (NI 373) falls into the contradictory trap of confusing abortion with issues of rights and equality. Abortion is often a result of inequality, sexism, poverty, [...]

It’s a bit stale but in this article, Bruce Schneier talks back on why media coverage of terrorism and crime is important even though it can increase fear disproportionatley to the risk and perhaps may have helped bring in laws that restrict privacy and liberty or contributed to approval of a needless invasion of iraq.

http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0505.html#3

“Modern [...]

Gwynne Dyer is always a good read. Don’t mention the war covers the british election

The Conservatives even imported Lynton Crosby, the Australian electoral guru who recently master-minded the return of Prime Minister John
Howard for a third term in Canberra on a platform of thinly disguised racism and xenophobia, to run their campaign in Britain. [...]

Interesting post on Bruce Sterling’s Wired News Blog

Something strange is happening in the outer reaches of our solar system. The Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft are not where they are supposed to be.

Reading The Observer | International | Would you Adam ‘n’ Eve it … dinosaurs in Eden

The museum forms part of a Bible-based theme park in Eureka Springs; the car park is full of cars and coaches from all over the country. To enter the museum is to explore a surrealistic parallel world. Biblical quotes [...]

I have some questions to ask Master Yoda.

If I was suffering from fear and uncertainty about my place in the world. e.g. Who am I? Am I a bad person because I feel angry? Is it wrong to question authority? To feel pain? What about the things I’ve done in [...]

Here’s an article that James sent me and I’ve quoted some choice cuts…

Permission to be Unhappy

I don’t have moral permission either to feel unhappy, to feel as if I’m missing out on life. Nor do I have permission to be alone on a Friday night, without a soulmate, lonely, hurting from broken relationships, caught inside [...]