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Denham's misplaced 'faith group' faith

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/16/john-denham-faith-groups John Denham, our government's minister for communities, is going to have an advisory body made up of representatives of "faith" groups, further eroding the de facto secularism ...

From AC GRAYLING - GUARDIAN.CO.UK, RichardDawkins.net,  16 Nov 2009

John Denham's misplaced 'faith group' faith | AC Grayling

John Denham pours scorn on secularists with his plans for an advisory body which represents less than 10% of the population Apart from the fact that the "faith groups" represent less than 10% of the population – namely, the less-than-10% who go to ...

From AC GRAYLING, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Nov 2009

Universities are not there to spoon-feed | AC Grayling

Both the National Union of Students and Lord Mandelson, whose ministerial brief includes higher education, are making an issue of the number of "contact hours" between faculty and students, especially in the arts and humanities. It appears that Lord ...

From AC GRAYLING, Comment Is Free,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Lord Mandelson,  Peter Mandelson

Is legalisation the way forward?

Given the problems we already have with tobacco and alcohol, it would be horrendous to add another set of legally available drugs. If we were to legalise only the soft drugs then the drugs barons' profit would all come from the hard drugs and these ...

From KAROL SIKORA, AC GRAYLING, ERWIN JAMES, ANN WIDDECOMBE, CAMILA BATMANGHELIDJH, KENNETH ROTH, The Observer,  19 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Al Capone,  United Nations

AC Grayling: Derren Brown's Lotto stunt was a trick too far

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/ac-grayling-derren-browns-lotto-stunt-was-a-trick-too-far-14490573.html If you watched the illusionist Derren Brown predicting the winning lottery numbers last Wednesday, you almost certainly watched him last ...

From AC GRAYLING, RichardDawkins.net,  15 Sep 2009

'We should be ashamed that this has happened'

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi boards a plane at Glasgow airport following his release from prison on compassionate grounds. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Member of the United Nations Justice Council, and first president of the UN war crimes court and the author ...

From AC GRAYLING, GEOFFREY ROBERTSON, LISA APPIGNANESI, Comment Is Free,  21 Aug 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  Kenny MacAskill

By their works shall ye know them

Thanks to Lemnicate for the link. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/16/atheism-creationism-faith-doctrine If one were asked to prescribe the fundamental condition for a good world, it would be: peace and freedom for all, where "freedom" ...

From AC GRAYLING - GUARDIAN.CO.UK, RichardDawkins.net,  16 Aug 2009

The curse of religion

Thanks to LWS for the link. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/01/religion-euthanasia News that the archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols and the chief rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, have ...

From AC GRAYLING - GUARDIAN.CO.UK, RichardDawkins.net,  6 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Rowan Williams,  Jonathan Sacks,  Bernard Madoff

Correspondence regarding the Templeton Foundation

The Templeton Foundation organizes an annual meeting in Cambridge where science journalists are invited (and paid very handsomely, not to speak but to listen! When were you last paid to go and be a part of the audience at a conference?). A few years ...

From RICHARD DAWKINS, DANIEL DENNETT, AC GRAYLING, EDWIN CARTLIDGE, RichardDawkins.net,  21 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Richard Dawkins,  Daniel Dennett,  Joshua Slocum

What role does hope play in our everyday lives

Life without hope is nothing: everyone knows that. What people forget is that a life filled with hope is everything. Hope is rightly described as one of the great virtues, because it adds light and sweetness to everything it accompanies. Hope really ...

From AC GRAYLING, Times Online,  19 Jun 2009

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