Category Archives: iris robinson

Mealymouth

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Charles Lambert

You may remember that recent remarks of Irish MP Iris Robinson, in which she claimed that homosexuality was slightly worse than child sex abuse and murder, prompted a petition to the British government, asking that it reprimand the woman. If … Continue reading →

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Something apt from Dover Beach

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Ian McEwan has just come out against Islamism*, as he calls it. I’m not sure what distinguishes Islamism from Islam, other than the generally derogatory aura created by the suffix ‘ism’, but that’s by-the-by. He’s quoted as saying: “I myself … Continue reading →

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