1. Citing Faith, Bush Defends War Actions
(Religion/General)

... central themes of his foreign policy. Those themes are hardly new to American presidents. Woodrow Wilson talked about making the world safe for democracy, while Ronald Reagan warned that "freedo...

2. If God Is Dead, Who Gets His House?
(Religion/General)

...k reason at the door," he says. "This is honest religion. A real gift." After Shabbat, I talked to a retired philosophy professor, Marvin Kohl, an expert on Bertrand Russell, who admi...

3. Russell T Davies: Return of the (tea) Time Lord
(Good news/Humour)

...weekend, because I had to rewrite the Christmas special." Davies stops himself. "He hates being talked about in interviews." They were together on the day the show returned, in 2005. &q...

4. Expelled!
(Religion/Evolution vs Creationism)

...d be arrested. I assured him that I wasn't going to cause any trouble. I went back to my family and talked with them for a while, and then the officer came back with a theater manager, and I was...

5. They prayed to cast Satan from my body
(Religion/Enforced religion)

... do with control and manipulation, and it just shows that they did have that power over us. We could have talked and rebelled but we were so scared of them and just so desperate for help. "I wa...

6. Getting the public to pay attention to good science
(Science/General)

...esn't matter With the press and politicians covered, Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control talked about a public issue that never used to be contentious: vaccination. She cited estimate...

7. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?
(Religion/Atheism)

...ency most religions call God. Agree or disagree, but I would say to critics, at least grasp what is being talked about. Often the atheist seems to be talking about something else. No, Dr Williams, th...