Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The UN has a Human Rights Council, UNHRC, an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. Now that is a really fantastic thing to have, the fact that humans have agreed to create such an entity is truly … Read more
The Spectator has a fascinating article that explains (with facts) why things really are getting better with each passing year, and illustrates why 2013 has in fact been the very best year ever for humanity. Beliefs often promote the opposite claim, and assert how much more evil the world is becoming … end times, wars, … Read more
Ed West has a nice article over in the Spectator entitled “Ex-Muslims are living the British dream – Britain should support them”. He writes … There was an excellent Radio 4 documentary on yesterday in which Sarfraz Manzoor interviewed a group of people you don’t hear much about – ex-Muslims. … the ex-Muslims are right. … Read more
Lies, dammed lies, and Iranian technology claims. I came across this rather amusing clip that exposes the rather daft claims being promoted by the Iranian theocratic regime. Apparently they are frantically trying to promote themselves as a regional power, so much so, that they craft fake claims. Laughable as it is, this is also a … Read more
Now this is a very interesting clip that blows a few myths out of the water. First, before we dive in, let’s clarify a rather important point, here we are talking about wealth, not income. If you measure income, then you are not really measuring wealth at all. I might have an income of $1 … Read more
A few weeks ago in Morocco a boy and a girl aged 15 and 14 kissed as their 15-year-old friend took photos outside their school in the northern town of Nador, and they then posted the pictures on Facebook. What happens? – they were then arrested and put on trial. Yikes! So far this response … Read more