Martin In The Margins

If you’re writing a book about the state of progressive politics, and you’re casting around for a catchy title, the rule of thumb seems to b...

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Another normlink : the always spot-on South Park imagines a world without the internet. I watched the clip with a shudder of recognition. ...

Not much time for posting this week, but here are some links to be going on with: A great piece from Peter Tatchell on the need for (and la...

File this under 'things that are hard to believe'. Is it really possible that a certain TV comedy writer and  atheist campaigner di...

After all the fulminating of my last few posts, here's something a bit more light-hearted for a Friday: a demonstration of jujitsu for ...

If you liked this (and I know you did) and you like this place , then you'll love this .

Is that your stimulus package or are you just pleased to see me?

Still three more days of the Bush era to go, but in Legoland the inauguration of Barack Obama has already taken place.

Added to the blogroll:  For her sterling work on the atheist bus campaign, and for being funny to boot,  Ariane Sherine . And for his tirele...

A propos of this post, this  made me chuckle. ( Via )

John McCain was genuinely funny in his Saturday Night Live appearance (alongside Tina Fey, reprising her Sarah Palin impression, one hopes...

Julian Baggini makes a useful point with regard to Terence Koh's 'blasphemous' statue. He argues that saying we have a right ...

Bob, in a post about the long-held belief that no black man will ever be US president, quotes this old joke: I firmly believe that, one day...