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Striking images of uncontacted tribe in Brazil

May 30, ’08 10:30 AM

Via Sur­vival Inter­na­tional: ‘We did the over­flight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist,’ said uncon­tac­ted tribes expert José Car­los dos Reis Meirelles Júnior. Meirelles works for FUNAI, the Brazilian government’s Indian affairs depart­ment. ‘This is very import­ant because there are some who doubt their exist­ence.’ Survival’s dir­ector Stephen…

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Why the meaning of “anti-Semitism” has changed

May 29, ’08 7:48 PM

Here’s just another example of why the term “anti-Semitism” has increas­ingly come to mean “mild cri­ti­cism of Israeli gov­ern­ment policies,” rather than “hos­til­ity to or pre­ju­dice against Jews.” Some­thing I’ve exper­i­enced myself.

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‘Why Women should not Appear on TV in Islam’

May 26, ’08 11:58 PM
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Religion doesn’t deserve a free ride

May 24, ’08 1:22 AM

A teen­ager in the UK faced pro­sec­u­tion recently for hold­ing a sign up in the street with words on it. The words? “Sci­ento­logy is not a reli­gion, it is a dan­ger­ous cult.” He’s wrong of course. It’s both. Other cults like Chris­tian­ity and Islam have just been around for longer, so they get to be called Religions.…

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An Interview with Howard Zinn on Anarchism

May 22, ’08 10:38 PM

Rebels Against Tyranny, an inter­view with Howard Zinn on Anarch­ism, by Ziga Vodovnik.

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National wants to roll back democracy

May 20, ’08 8:27 AM

This is hugely dis­ap­point­ing. The pro­por­tional vot­ing sys­tem in NZ is one of the things that makes me look for­ward to liv­ing in NZ again, and National wants to roll it back. The fat-cat back­ers of National clearly see demo­cracy as an imped­i­ment to enrich­ing them­selves at the expense of others.

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Human-Crow Symbiosis

May 17, ’08 11:54 AM

It’s a tru­ism like no other that the large major­ity of us value life, and as an exten­sion of this  —  being a meas­ure of life — biod­iversity. That human beings, there­fore, are to blame for a massive and ongo­ing decrease in biod­iversity is the most incrim­in­at­ing piece of evid­ence to reveal just how badly out of sync human…

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A truly courageous soldier would not stay in Iraq or Afghanistan

May 9, ’08 7:22 AM

Protest­ing The Pro­test­ers 17-05-2008 Update: And they do exist. Here’s the latest: Mat­this Chiroux

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First study of religious faith at the level of the brain: research volunteers needed

May 5, ’08 10:05 AM

Sam Har­ris is under­tak­ing what is appar­ently a first: the study of reli­gious faith at the level of the brain. If you’re inter­ested he’s put out a request for volun­teers  —  par­tic­u­larly Chris­ti­ans  —  to take part in a sur­vey to help refine their exper­i­mental stim­uli: We are pre­par­ing to run another fMRI study of belief and dis­be­lief, and we…

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