by Sean Reilly | Jun 26, 2008
I always seem to be offending atheists. The other evening, it was because I questioned what someone meant when he described himself as a “practising” atheist. What, I wondered, was being practised, and what sort of practice was it? The person I was talking with...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
Anti-arms trade campaigners say that a new ‘ethics’ report commissioned by weapons giant BAE Systems will not change public perceptions of the company, following a High Court ruling over investigations into corruption charges. The report has been published...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 2, 2008
While most of the media were unpicking the grammatical spaghetti of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, said something important that too many people missed. Defending what has come to be called liberal interventionism, he argued that...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 13, 2007
At this time of year those of us who are Christians come to focus on the meaning of a particular birth, and in so doing find ourselves drawn further into the deep mystery, pain and possibility of living and dying on this beautiful but naked planet. Yet most of the...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 14, 2007
The United States-led military offensive in Iraq has strengthened its neighbour Iran, and led to a weakening of the moral authority of the United States, US civil rights leader the Rev Jesse Jackson said during a visit to Britain – writes Martin Revis....
