Tag: links

I’ve been travelling a bit and have collected a whole bunch of random but interesting links so I thought I’d share. Katrina vs Harvey The New York Times offers the comparison between these two devastating storms. Both of which pale by comparison to the 16 million people affected by floods in South Asia Ethical shopping list Luke has created an ethical shopping list and if you have suggestions let him know 16 ways QR codes are being used in China I hardly ever use QR codes but some of these uses…

I know this came out a few weeks back but in case you missed it the Pew Research Center released its latest report on global religious freedoms. A few things to keep an eye on: firstly the rise of social hostility in Europe towards both Jews and Muslims. Secondly, nobody restricts freedom of religion quite like the Muslims. Few to no freedom across much of North Africa, the Middle East and central Asia. Talking of freedom, and again this was from a few weeks back, but there is no freedom of conscience…

America’s most-hated woman I remember, back in the early days of having an email account, getting spam emails wanting me to sign a petition against this woman. Turns out they were rubbish. So before the Nigerians, Asians and Eastern-Europeans trying to scam me, I had American evangelicals. It just reinforced my view, at the time, that evangelical Christianity in America was neither evangelical or Christian but was very definitely American – fearful & credulous. Anyway this Guardian profile on atheist campaigner Madalyn Murray O’Hair, made timely again thanks to a new…