why I’m transphobic critical

**Post update 2nd April 2017. Since this was published, the original post it critiqued by The Arbourist has been changed. His title has changed from “Why I am tran critical” to “Why I… Continue reading →

allowing ourselves to be hoodwinked

The Queen stands for family, community and country, a passive patriotism that most of her subjects understand and appreciate. Her loyal service to her people is reciprocated by their loyalty to her, and… Continue reading →

wading into race realism

Never in 1,000 years did I imagine that I would end up the person that I am today: a black race realist—someone who believes IQ is normally distributed and that averages may differ… Continue reading →

bad research and the dangers of groupthink

Recently there was much outrage over the alleged anti-homosexuality law in Uganda, but if you read the actual law it was speaking of forced sexual contact with minors with the intent to give them… Continue reading →

coincidence, tragedy and other acts of gods

Having just spent some time with people of a religious persuasion, I’m struck by how often coincidences (or indeed any and all random events with supposedly positive outcomes) are desperately attributed to the machinations of… Continue reading →

when the world goes to hell and a handbasket

The slippery slidey morality core that governs ‘correct’ Christian behaviour has had yet another knock to its centrifugal force. One of the most charming features of the allegedly static Christian morality core is that it is… Continue reading →

a curious christian attitude to sex

The Christian Bible is quite clear in its attitude towards sex outside marriage: it’s very bad. So much so, the character Jesus, one of their gods, suggested that it is as much a… Continue reading →

the god watching suffering question versus the yes-men for feminism

Every individual is a unique balance of attributes regardless of their gender. Some people are natural leaders and decision makers, some people prefer a more laid back approach to life, some people hate… Continue reading →

tinkering with the god God’s perfect design

… if there is no belief that people have worth and value beyond the natural world, then there really is no sound moral argument to made for not tinkering with the design. In fact,… Continue reading →

the snarling and fanged beast

I read a post earlier today that has had a big impact on my understanding of the struggle that heterosexual men face in everyday life. I’m ashamed to admit that until I read Watch… Continue reading →