A teacher in a public school in southern California violated the constitutional separation between church and state when he condemned creationism as "superstitious nonsense", a court has found.
Guardian commentator Andrew Brown concludes: "The result of this case... is that evolution becomes harder to teach, and creationism harder to mock, because science and atheism have become so entangled in the public mind."
The Syrian front will remain challenging for Israel – but the Sunni rebels are far weaker than the Shia axis
By ignoring hatred, excusing prejudice and enabling an atmosphere of hostility the authorities must share blame for the Melbourne synagogue firebombing
Last week’s Oxford Union debate is symptomatic of the alarming deterioration of campus dialogue on Israel
A UK professor, who wishes to remain anonymous, explores first-hand the bigotry that has infected higher education
No one should have been surprised by the clash of rival ethno-sectarian forces, supported by powerful states, because that is how power is wielded across the region
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