Since most people don’t read as far as paragraph 19, this is not helpful.… Read the rest
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Ben Goldacre on “biological cause” and stigma 
Oct 15th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Does a “biological cause” story about mental health problems always reduce stigma? Not necessarily.… Read the rest
Crispian Jago’s alternative therapy flow chart
Oct 15th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Acceptable risk?–>Setting head on fire–>Ear candling.… Read the rest
Finns quit church during gay marriage tv show
Oct 15th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Meanwhile, the Catholic Church in Ireland is making it impossible for Church members to formally quit.… Read the rest
No atheists in collapsed mines
Oct 15th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
People in horrible situations often turn to god, so there neener neener.… Read the rest
Catholic church not processing paperwork
Oct 14th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Dublin archdiocese is telling people who want to leave the church that it can’t process applications until canon law is clarified.… Read the rest
Science Museum opens psychoanalysis exhibition
Oct 14th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Science Museum? Yes.… Read the rest
Sue Blackmore on aggressive theists
Oct 14th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They call atheists aggressive, but they’re spoiling for a fight.… Read the rest
Imam says rape is impossible in marriage
Oct 14th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The president of the Islamic Sharia Council in Britain says men who rape their wives should not be prosecuted because “sex is part of marriage.”… Read the rest
New BBC guidelines protect religion
Oct 14th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“Any content dealing with matters of religion and likely to cause offence to those with religious views must be editorially justified and referred to a senior editorial figure.”… Read the rest
17 year old girl whipped 100 times at mosque
Oct 14th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
As all the men of the village stood around her she was beaten on her back with the hard centre stem of a coconut frond.… Read the rest
Biden, 5 Supreme Court Justices attend Red Mass
Oct 13th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
To hear a Vatican archbishop tell them secularism is bad and laws are from God. Srsly.… Read the rest
Hitchens major and Hitchens minor discuss god
Oct 13th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The event was put on by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.… Read the rest
Italy: Pakistani woman beaten to death with brick
Oct 13th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
By her husband, because she opposed an arranged marriage for their daughter. Meanwhile the brother beat his sister with a stick.… Read the rest
Supreme Court: Christian schools lose appeal
Oct 13th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Christian schools wanted U of California to grant college-prep credit for courses using textbooks that replace science with the Bible.… Read the rest
Jason Rosenhouse on new accommodationism
Oct 13th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Atheist spirituality, such as it is, has almost nothing in common with traditional religion.… Read the rest
16th miner on the way up
Oct 13th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Daniel Herrera, the truck driver.… Read the rest
Hemant Mehta: no need for accommodation
Oct 12th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The friendly atheist no longer feels a need to give religion a pass; cites Myers and Coyne.… Read the rest
Albert Mohler on Jerry Coyne’s article
Oct 12th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary says “any true science will be perfectly compatible with the truths we know by God’s revelation.”… Read the rest
PZ v Mooney and Hecht on Point of Inquiry
Oct 11th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Yes, that’s one v two. Hecht was supposed to be the interviewer, but…… Read the rest
