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Oddly regressive lawmaking in Queensland, Australia

Oddly regressive lawmaking in Queensland, Australia

We were interested to note this story concerning the Crime and Misconduct and Other Legislation Amendment Bill currently passing through the legislature in Queensland, Australia. Not the usual ground covered…

Borat and the Pentecostals

My Apostasy Story: Clair

As part of our Apostasy Project ex-pastor Clair explains how she went from speaking in tongues to free-wheeling round Europe on a mission of discovery

How Turkey’s Twitter ban backfired

How Turkey’s Twitter ban backfired

How do you police the internet? It’s a question that most governments are confronting in one way or another, from America’s mass surveillance programme, to Britain’s sentences for Twitter trolls,…

Cosmos

How Cosmos moved us all to tears

Neil deGrasse Tyson's remake of Carl Sagan's classic series is worthy of the hype – it even introduced my six-year-old to the vastness of the universe, says Dale DeBakcsy

Growing up in the Sagan household

Growing up in the Sagan household

Chris Stedman, Assistant Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University and author of the book Faitheist, has a lovely interview on his blog with Nick Sagan, son of Carl and his second…

Should Hamlet travel to North Korea?

Should Hamlet travel to North Korea?

Shakespeare’s Hamlet tells the story of a young prince who avenges the murder of his father, the king, by killing the uncle who took his place as monarch. Its double-crossing…

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