Left behind
Nick Cohen reflects on the book that changed his mind about Bush and Blair's war on terror
Ideas
Lobbing Horseshit
With everyone talking about the need for 'respect' Martin Rowson reckons it's time to come clean about what they really mean
Islam and Sexual Apartheid
There can be no compromise on the universality of human rights. And cultural relativism both compromises women's rights and justifies sexual apartheid.
Thinker: William Shakespeare
Continuing our series of thinkers who have been important for humanism, Brian McClinton puts in a bid for Shakespeare.
Meme Wars (part 2)
Natural selection applies to everything. Ideas evolve just as life does, says Susan Blackmore
Intelligent design
Jonathan Derbyshire witnesses the strange death of the public thinker
Pleasure principles
In the second of our series on thinkers who are significant for humanism, Peter Cave marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Stuart Mill
Best of enemies
Capitalism and central planning need each other, argues Steven Lukes
Reasonable bounds
Continuing our series reclaiming thinkers for humanism, AC Grayling celebrates Immanuel Kant
Identity crisis
Stressing racial differences leads to separatism, argues Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn