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...attacks faith philosophically and historically as well as scientifically, but leans heavily on Darwinian theory, which was Dawkins' expertise as a young scientist and more recently as an explicator of evolutionary psychology so lucid that he occupies the Charles Simonyi professorship for the public understanding of science at Oxford University...
...According to the Oxford University professor, the current “society…has accepted the preposterous idea that it is normal and right to indoctrinate tiny children in the religion of their parents.” Simply put, Dawkins believes religious indoctrination is nothing short of child abuse...
...Slate piece was authored by Jesse Sheidlower, the North American editor-at-large for the Oxford English Dictionary. In an e-mail last night, Sheidlower said he had learned about the matter on the blog IvyGate, which first covered the story on Oct. 24—a day after The Crimson first published a two-sentence note on its editorial page alerting readers to some of the similarities...
...ahead of his rival, as most analysts expected. "If you look at the course of the last five or six months there has only been one poll out of range, and that was on the eve of the election itself," said Dr. Timothy Power, a lecturer at Oxford University's Centre for Brazilian Studies. "Lula had to face the first-round election on his one bad weekend of the year. I think the fact that we have to face a runoff at all is a fluke...
...Home, tel: (66-2) 286 8185. The Kukrit residence - open only on weekends and national holidays - is one of the best-preserved examples of Thai vernacular architecture in Bangkok. Set amid lush greenery on South Sathorn Road, it belonged to former Prime Minister M.R. Kukrit Pramoj (1911-1995), an Oxford-educated polymath whose life included stints in banking and acting (he played opposite Marlon Brando in The Ugly American...