There is no question that the treatment of Christians around the globe represents a major human rights violation. Not a week seems to go by without hearing reports of... https://t.co/xKZ8kAdQf3
The National Secular Society has welcomed the University of Aberdeen's decision to revoke a degree awarded to the sultan of Brunei after his country introduced draconian... https://t.co/judg59Zgtu
The Drum used to be a 'must watch' for those of us who thrive on informed discussion of society and politics. The programme hosts are... https://t.co/F4jmYf3RpQ
What an extraordinary innovation! Impose a surcharge on the half of the population that is male, for a perceived inequality suffered by the female half of the population, and then give that money... https://t.co/jF3iFnQ2Rg
"As a former private school student who also attended public schools, I support the federal government's continued subsidisation of private schools," she wrote.... https://t.co/1aHgNO9soF
On January 8, 1697, 20-year-old Thomas Aikenhead was hanged for blasphemy on the Gallowlee execution ground in Edinburgh. Two weeks earlier, he had been convicted of such grave crimes as questioning the... https://t.co/93PpmNu3L9
These days you can dismiss anything you don’t like by calling it “a religion.” Science, for instance, has been deemed essentially religious, despite the huge difference between a method of finding truth... https://t.co/kDSyftsihu
Scott Morrison was questioned extensively on Wednesday about how the Liberals and Nationals could seal a preference deal with... https://t.co/Qw01ebWKps
Under Labor, and during the first years of the Coalition government, water for the environment under the Murray-Darling Basin... https://t.co/kxpYSf8pyw
Why do we transmit false information? One reason is that we too easily believe that it’s actually true. We all suffer from confirmation bias,... https://t.co/RaHYqA5JMw
Britain has issued its sharpest condemnation of the direction of Saudi Arabian human rights policy, describing its mass executions as “repulsive” and... https://t.co/GX2bOb6n0c
Mr Creigh introduced himself and offered a handshake. But the handshake was not returned.
"He just said, 'I know who you are Mr Creigh. You're involved in the court... https://t.co/vVK3daVhWX
Sri Lanka's deputy defence minister Ruwan Wijewardene told a press conference most of the suicide bombers were well-educated and from wealthy families.
Some had law... https://t.co/lEkIhtfXCu
I love the scrappy mockery of Jesus and Mo. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to mock any person, any thing, any activity, and any belief -- and J&M stands up for this unflinchingly.
Richard Stallman
...empowering, important and... https://t.co/NYdaOwdEok
An American company has opted to trial a new experimental cannabis-derived drug on diabetics in Vanuatu as a result of stringent Federal laws preventing the trial in... https://t.co/mNQhyGZhn6
China is currently involved in territorial disputes with Japan over a set of islands, and with the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam in the South China Sea.... https://t.co/uD6WP3pGIp
A Hong Kong court has jailed four leaders of the 2014 "Occupy" movement nearly five years after activists took to the streets in mass pro-democracy protests.
The decision... https://t.co/HFqYAlxRYb