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A Morning Thought @ 1134

And If Energy Itself Is Unjust?

People And Nature ✒ A response by Larry Lohmann to the article 'How Energy was Commodified, and How it Could be Decommodified.'17-December-2021The way that industrial capitalism and 19th-century thermodynamic energy – the energy we talk about today – have constituted each other, and what this means for political movements, is something that colleagues and I been struggling to understand, off and

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Thirty Two

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Let Us At Least Be CuriousIn Six Weeks Ahead of Christmas, Rich Nations Snagged More Vaccines Than Africa Got All YearRefusal to Eat: Exploring the complexities of hunger

Where Can DUP Find It’s Stormont ‘Magic Rabbit’?

Dr John Coulter ✒ Has the DUP2022 finally evolved into the old UUP2002 with public infighting, rows over policy and candidates and rivalries between the moderniser liberal wing and its traditional founding fundamentalist faction? TPQ's Monday political commentator charts the way forward for Democratic Unionists as May’s crossroads Stormont election looms.As a third-generation, card-carrying

A Morning Thought @ 1333

More Slowdown Than Showdown

Anthony McIntyre ✒ A long time in the making, Prime Time's debate between Darragh O'Brien and Eoin O Broin had been billed as "the Housing Showdown the country was waiting for." For those with an eye for the gladiatorial, this massive housing debate had the promise of a night to remember, one of Madison Square proportion. With a long suffering audience primed for fight night the big beasts from

Minister For Education Replies To Atheist Ireland About Religion In Schools And Anti-Abortion Video

Atheist Ireland ✒ The Minister for Education Norma Foley has replied to a letter from Atheist Ireland about the right to not attend religious instruction in schools and a recent anti-abortion video shown in a school. Here is the Minister’s reply and our reply to her.Letter from Minister for Education to Atheist IrelandDear Mr. Nugent & Ms. Donnelly,Thank you for your letter.At the outset, it is

Cardinal Sin

New Humanist 🔖 A new book on the disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien explores the Catholic Church's tortured relationship with same-sex desire.Charlie Lynch Cardinal Sin: Challenging Power Abuse in the Catholic Church (Columba Press) by Brian Devlin.In 2013, just before departing for Rome to take part in the election of a new Pope, the senior most official of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland

Risks Of Circumcision

National Secular Society ✒ Recent studies agree: the risks of circumcision outweigh any benefits. It’s time to rethink our permissive approach to genital cutting.Dr Antony LempertDr Antony Lempert says the findings of two recent medical papers critical of infant circumcision should prompt us to greater protect children from religious and cultural genital cutting.Two recently published medical

‘Journalists Are Demonic’

Right Wing Watch ✒ Stew Peters And Stella Immanuel Freak Out Over The Daily Beast. Kyle Mantyla Last month, Right Wing Watch posted a clip to our Twitter page of right-wing anti-vaccine “expert” Stella Immanuel claiming that if Christians who have taken a Covid-19 vaccine will simply repent and pray, God will forgive them and physically cast the vaccine out of their bodies.Reporter Zachary