Blog Archives

More than fifty surprising things that I believe
My list won’t surprise you if you know me well. Continue reading
I Don’t Believe You
Professor Fish, and the book by Terry Eagleton which he is reviewing, claims that Christians don’t believe what their most vocal critics say they believe. When Christopher Hitchens declares that given the emergence of “the telescope and the microscope” religion … Continue reading
Monkey Morality

The Myth of Evil
I have been keeping bookmarks of the many, many blogs about the torture memos over the last few days meaning to summarize them but, ultimately, I decided the whole thing was too depressing and I let the whole sordid business … Continue reading

Sad and Red
Dear Mr Ferguson, I am very happy that the reds are back on top of the table despite the recent poor run of form. I am also delighted that we are in the semis of The Champions League. The League … Continue reading

Vague Traces of Rhyme
I’ve been meaning to play with Garage Band since we got the Mac. Today was the day. Continue reading
Talking Bacteria
Best Ted Talk so far this year:
Ross v Heather
BloggingHeads.tv has captured the market in political debate where the debators actually listen to one another and address each others points. They sometimes even agree! Gasp! I gave up listening to atheist vs believer debates a while back as they … Continue reading
Maybe I should have quit?
Richard Armitage on the Bush administration’s decision to depart from the Geneva Conventions.