Another thought for the day
A series of podcasts offering a secular alternative to the BBC Today programme's Thought for the Day, in association with the Humanist Society of Scotland
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Polly Toynbee: Another Thought for the Day Instead of blaming job losses on immigrants, anger should be directed at people who are doing well, but who refuse to share
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Julian Baggini: Another Thought for the Day: When someone's mind has been lost to Alzheimer's but their body remains, we find it hard to make sense of what is left behind
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Maryam Namazie: Another Thought for the Day: Contrary to claims that it promotes social cohesion and minority rights, sharia law denies universal principles of equality
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Nigel Warburton: Another Thought for the Day: The Home Office's decision to refuse Geert Wilders entry to the UK was unintentionally good for democracy
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Ariane Sherine: Another Thought for the Day: We are lucky to live in a country that values freedom of expression – there are many who don't
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Richard Holloway: Another Thought for the Day: Sadly, there is something about public life that seems to make it difficult for people to be honest about their mistakes
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Jonathan Bartley: Another Thought for the Day: Young people can make valuable contributions to national debates – it's time to make our institutions age-inclusive
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Claire Rayner: Another Thought for the Day: The current financial crisis stems from Thatcher's deregulation of markets in the 1980s. Greed has got the better of us
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Mark Thomas: Another Thought for the Day: At the Treasury select committee I began to feel some pity – not for the people who got us into this mess, but for us
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Muriel Gray: Another Thought for the Day: I oppose Margo MacDonald's assisted suicide bill. We need support for carers and more effective pain control, not execution
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Atheists should get a life and leave our slot alone
Giles FraserGiles Fraser: Another Thought for the Day could easily become a repository for anti-religious feeling. Let's not fire potshots at each other
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Give the irreligious a turn at the holy microphone
Claire RaynerClaire Rayner: The BBC won't allow non-religious opinion to be expressed in Thought for the Day. In the name of common sense, why?
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