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Critical Thinking LinksThe Absolutely True Confessions of An Intellectual Stalker, Part I | Teaching Tolerance
I engage in something similar. I call it intellectual stalking. When I read someone’s work and it stirs my soul and sets my intellect afire, I dig for more.
via The Absolutely True Confessions of An Intellectual Stalker, Part I | Teaching Tolerance.
Bad science, bad history, bad theology. Badddd Ray Comfort, bad! | NCSE
Just how wrong is creationist Ray Comfort about Darwin, evolution, the fossil record, Hitler, and more? Read our handy guide to Comfort's transgressions. View the PDF.
via Bad science, bad history, bad theology. Badddd Ray Comfort, bad! | NCSE.
BBC NEWS | UK | Network sites ‘need help buttons’
Major social networking sites MySpace and Facebook have been criticised for failing to introduce a help button for children being bullied online.
Lesbian Teen Wins Prom Equality | Teaching Tolerance
Being openly gay in high school has never been easy. One 2005 study found that 75 percent of gay students report being verbally abused at school, and more than a third say they are physically harassed. Teaching Tolerance provides resources for teachers to help gay students through this tough time (Why We Need a GSA and 5 Steps to Safer Schools).
Jonathan Turley — Courts’ sentencing shouldn’t sanction faith-healers’ neglect – washingtonpost.com
Is Jihadism a deranged ideology? – Being Human
We know with great certainty from hundreds cases of empirical evidence that a deranged ideology can alter the mind of a individual in dramatic ways, as to make them kill other people quite randomly and without any real personal grievances.
Bogus Bill In Boston: Religious Right Targets Mass. Public Schools | The Wall of Separation
We already know that students can talk freely about their religion at school and participate in after-school religious activities, such as Bible study. But the courts have always drawn a distinction when students are addressing a captive audience, such as at graduation, said Ronal Madnick, president of the Massachusetts chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
“You can’t do it where people have to be in attendance,” Madnick told the Globe.
via Bogus Bill In Boston: Religious Right Targets Mass. Public Schools | The Wall of Separation.
What will a honest man do? – Being Human
But honest men do not pretend to know; they are candid and sincere; they love the truth; they admit their ignorance, and they say, “We do not know.”- Robert G. Ingersoll in “Superstition” 1898
