Circumcision debate

UCLU ASHS 28/02/13 Antony Lempert (GP & Chair of the Secular Medical Forum) vs. Jonathan Arkush (Vice President, Board of Deputies of British Jews) Here's the full audio of the debate; it's about 1hr 10mins but I've put highlights in my Pod Delusion report! I've also put timings on my notes below so that you …

Cuts, labels and preferences

Last night I stumbled upon (via a friend) what is probably one of the best posts I've read in a long time about male circumcision - it's got just about everything there. The religious angle, of course, since the article is written by Jewish Nobel prize winner, George Wald. But more than that, it highlights …

Invisible Lives

It's a skeptics in the pub write-up! In case you missed it, I luckily made it to Westminster Skeptics to see Juliet Jacques give her talk, Thinking critically about transgender issues and you can listen to it on the Pod Delusion but I shall write up my notes for those who prefer to read! Firstly …

My no. 1 overlooked issue in skepticism

This week I submitted a guest report for the Strange Quarks podcast (you can also listen on the Guardian website, ooh!); you can follow them on Twitter. Here's what I said in text format with some links and a bit of stuff that had to be left on the cutting room floor; also see my …

FGM and MGM; still a long way to go

For some time there has been an apparent hypocrisy, particularly in the United States, with regard to non-medically-necessary genital operations performed on infants and children, a subject I posted about previously. This article is a reasonable summary for starters, apart from the perhaps over-emotive first paragraph, but to be honest I'm inclined to find it …