A while back Jennifer Fulwiler wrote up a column entitled “Five Catholic Teachings that Make Sense to Atheists“.
The ANC Youth League currently has challenged the Rupert family to explain why they, ”the majority shareholder of the Afrikaner dominated and controlled Naspers Group“, are out to get them. Johann Rupert has responded:
Good day. This is the controller of the media, random blogs, and various other things that believe the ANC Youth League is stupid.
Normally I agree with PZ Myers, but on the issue of “gaming culture” – I can’t really comfortably side with him all the way. The issue at heart is this: Is “gaming culture” dominated by sexist douches?
The New York Times has an interesting article on News Corp, highlighting an issue I long ago noticed with a certain kind of “conservative” – the tough guy.
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Greta Christina is on of my favourite atheist bloggers - and she has an excellent take on Elevatorgate.
The other day I was reading a wires story about Baby Einstein videos – the story focussed on how some researchers were being sued by the video makers, because their research found that educational videos just don’t work.
Over the last three years there has been a mounting scandal over journalists at the News of the World hacking cell phones in the UK.