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More faith schools on the way, says Minister | Print |  Email
Saturday, 25 October 2008
The Government intends to create many more “faith schools”, the education Minister Jim Knight has announced. In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Knight said the majority of secondary schools would become self-governing. “I’d see more foundation schools or trust schools, National Challenge trusts, academies and, obviously, faith schools,” he said. “And that diversity and choice will be there – and I think will dominate.”   National Secular Society
 
Genetic MoT will detect disease in unborn child | Print |  Email
Friday, 24 October 2008
Prospective parents will be able to screen embryos for almost any known genetic disease using a revolutionary “universal test” developed by British scientists, The Times has learnt.
 
Five steps to happiness | Print |  Email
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Kick up leaves! Chat to strangers! Spatchcock a chicken! Lucy Mangan tries out the latest advice on how to keep misery at bay.   Read this Guardian article if you want a laugh
 
Wealth gap creating a social time bomb | Print |  Email
Thursday, 23 October 2008
The report suggested that Beijing was now the most egalitarian city in the world, just ahead of cities such as Jakarta in Indonesia and Dire Dawa in Ethiopia.

In Europe, which was generally more egalitarian than other continents, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Slovenia were classed as the most equal countries with Greece, the UK and Spain among the least. "Disparities are particularly significant in the cities of eastern Europe, larger Spanish cities and in the north of England," it said.    The Guardian
 
Denial of the right to die is sheer religious primitivism | Print |  Email
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
In years to come, those who argue against this most personal, and final, freedom will be seen as not just illiberal, but cruel.   Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
 
'No God' slogans for city's buses | Print |  Email
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Bendy-buses with the slogan "There's probably no God" could soon be running on the streets of London.

The atheist posters are the idea of the British Humanist Association (BHA) and have been supported by prominent atheist Professor Richard Dawkins.   The BHA planned only to raise £5,500, which was to be matched by Professor Dawkins, but it has now raised more than £36,000 of its own accord.   BBC News
 
Harvard University gene project to reveal DNA secrets of 10 top scientists | Print |  Email
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
The goal of the project is to speed medical research by dispensing with the elaborate precautions traditionally taken to protect the privacy of human subjects.   The more genetic information can be made open and publicly available, nearly everyone agrees, the faster research will progress.    Daily Telegraph
 
There's a God-shaped hole in Westminster | Print |  Email
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Today's politicians - whose favourite summer reading was The God Delusion - have never been more fearful of faith.   The Times
 
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