The Hater’s Handbook. Confirmation bias and cultural bigotry.
This is a brief guide on how to demonise and oppress a group you hate and fear. (Or alternatively, as...
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Father Ted meets Monty Python as Brother Dougal hits Limerick in the fight against the evil gays
Normally when I wake up in the morning, it isn't entirely an episode of Father Ted and it might not even...
Ancient longing for power behind religious opposition to same-sex marriage amendment
Let us not be under any illusion that religiously-driven opposition to the marriage equality amendment has anything to do with...
Lawyers For Yes tear apart every last Opus Dei lie about marriage equality
Lawyers for Yes is a new group, much as Mothers and Fathers Matter is a new group, but with one major...
Top Vatican exorcist warns of sexy vampires
The first exorcism I ever heard about was the one Jesus did at the city of Gadara, which wasn't really...
Catholic Bishops and the New McQuaidism
What's the New McQuaidism? Well actually, it's the old McQuaidism, dressed up in the clothes of tolerance, but it still hides a lead-filled...
Residents of Public Nursing Homes Are Deprived of Human DIgnity
I've been visiting a public nursing home very frequently, and I've been shaken by some of the things I've noticed...
Garda Reform Most Extensive in History of Force
An Garda Síochána is to be reformed, apparently. In the most radical restructuring since the formation of the force, Commissioner...
Hunter S Thompson’s Tenth Anniversary
It's a full ten years since Dr Raoul Duke bade us a buckshot goodbye. Can you believe it? Ten...
Masterminds of the Right
Back in 1992, Emily O'Reilly published a powerful little book called Masterminds of the Right in which she identified the ideologues...
