The village elders pardoned the rapist.… 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.
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Join The Gulf Call to Sacred Action
Jun 25th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOur collective prayers and thoughts have the power to cause a profound shift on the planet. Srsly.… Read the rest
That Rolling Stone article
Jun 25th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonGeneral seems unaware that the US has civilian government.… Read the rest
Supreme Court versus anti-corruption law
Jun 25th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRuled that the concept of committing fraud through depriving an employer of “honest services” was not adequately defined in the law. … Read the rest
Mayor of Leicester stands by prayer decision
Jun 25th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson“Saying prayers for a particular religion before council meetings was not inclusive.”… Read the rest
Ratzinger “indignant” about Belgian law enforcement
Jun 25th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson“The Vatican has summoned the Belgian ambassador to the Holy See to voice anger over Thursday’s raids.”… Read the rest
Saudis sentenced to lashes, prison for “mingling”
Jun 24th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson4 women, 11 men got lashes and one to two years in prison for attending a party.… Read the rest
More on Belgian police raid on bishops
Jun 24th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCops arrived at headquarters during the monthly bishops’ meeting and started questioning everyone. Everyone.… Read the rest
Dawkins and BioLogos’s Darrel Falk
Jun 24th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt’s a misunderstanding. No it isn’t.… Read the rest
Stephen Law on playing the mystery card
Jun 24th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson“We must acknowledge that science and reason have their limits. It is sheer arrogance to suppose they can explain everything.” … Read the rest
Germany: Jewish dance group stoned
Jun 24th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPolice said several Muslim immigrant youths were among the attackers; some shouted “Juden Raus.”… Read the rest
Cops raid headquarters of Belgian Catholic Church
Jun 24th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe archbishop’s palace has been sealed; a retired archbishop’s computer has been seized.… Read the rest
Jerry Coyne on natural selection in humans
Jun 24th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThere is evidence – not conclusive, but suggestive – that it happens.… Read the rest
Nothing fails like prayer
Jun 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonObama told us to pray over the oil spill. How’s that working?… Read the rest
Prince William made Fellow of Royal Society?!
Jun 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHis father, the well-known science hater, is also a member of Britain’s national academy of science. … Read the rest
Mo believes in women’s rights
Jun 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTheir very own special, different, unequal rights.… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo on ‘so did Mohammed’ campaign
Jun 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonDamn those Islamophobes – always digging around in the past, looking for dirt.… Read the rest
No prayers before Leicester City Council meetings
Jun 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMayor: “religion, in whatever shape or form, has no role to play at all in the conduct of council business.”… Read the rest
Other hatemongers on list of Toronto conference
Jun 23rd, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSuch as Sheikh Hussein Yee, who once said Jews are the “extremists of the world” and will “go to Hell.”… Read the rest