Archive for July, 2011

Five reasons why Jennifer Fulwiler is full of it

By Bruce Gorton | 28 July 2011

A while back Jennifer Fulwiler wrote up a column entitled “Five Catholic Teachings that Make Sense to Atheists“.

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ANC Tooth League don’t know who owns what

By Bruce Gorton | 27 July 2011

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:

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FaceGlat: Gender discrimination in the cyber age

By Bruce Gorton | 26 July 2011

FaceGlat advertises itself as being the ultra-orthodox Jewish answer to Facebook – a community where people can avoid the opposite gender entirely.

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And now a message from our controller

By Bruce Gorton | 25 July 2011

Good day. This is the controller of the media, random blogs, and various other things that believe the ANC Youth League is stupid.

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PZ Myers versus the gamers

By Bruce Gorton | 22 July 2011

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?

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Why the phone hacking scandal won’t kill News Corp

By Bruce Gorton | 19 July 2011

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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Thinking about traditional medicine

By Bruce Gorton | 18 July 2011

There is a common belief amongst people that traditional medicine should gain greater emphasis in our fight against disease. Read More…

Elevatorgate: Clarifying my position

By Bruce Gorton | 13 July 2011

Greta Christina is on of my favourite atheist bloggers - and she has an excellent take on Elevatorgate.

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Baby Einstein: Where science reporting can go wrong

By Bruce Gorton | 12 July 2011

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.

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Ethics, News of the World, and free speech

By Bruce Gorton | 8 July 2011

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.

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