Other teachers kept their own children away from his class, but failed to alert school board or parents.… 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.
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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
All Prime Ministers ‘Do God’ 
Feb 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
God is the ultimate PM.… Read the rest
Another ‘Bus Driver Stops to Pray’ Story
Feb 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For real? This actually happened?… Read the rest
Sinister Developments in Haiti Missionaries Case
Feb 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Maybe the ‘ambitious plans for an orphanage with resort facilities’ should have rung alarm bells.… Read the rest
Rahila Gupta on Amnesty’s Double Standard
Feb 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
AI has betrayed its own history and all of us who looked to it as a champion of human rights.… Read the rest
David Aaronovitch on Amnesty’s Poster Boy
Feb 9th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Begg fell for the Taliban that whipped women for ‘improper dress’ and had fired all women in public service.… Read the rest
Sikh Judge Criticizes Ban on ‘Ceremonial Dagger’
Feb 9th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sikhs should be allowed to wear their ceremonial daggers to school and other public places, he says.… Read the rest
Hardeep Singh Kohli Not Keen on Daggers in Class
Feb 9th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
While going to school in Barnet may be challenging, it’s not the Punjab in 1708.… Read the rest
US Bishops Warn: No Being Friendly to Gays
Feb 9th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘New Ways Ministry does not speak for the Catholic faithful.’ But the bishops do?!… Read the rest
New Ways Ministry Replies to Bishops
Feb 9th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘New Ways Ministry has never been contacted by US Conference of Catholic Bishops to discuss our work.’… Read the rest
Solution to Poverty Found in Population Growth
Feb 9th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Catholic tool tells UN Commission for Social Development.… Read the rest
Terry Glavin on AI and Cage Prisoners
Feb 8th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They don’t belong together.… Read the rest
Germany’s Catholic Sexual Abuse Scandal
Feb 8th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The code of silence has been upheld for decades, informally or by virtue of Vatican directives.… Read the rest
Go to School and Learn to Pick Lettuce
Feb 8th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A vacuous ideology robs too many US schoolchildren of hours they might have spent reading books.… Read the rest
Amnesty Shafts What it Purports to Defend
Feb 8th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
AI suspended Gita Sahgal for suggesting AI should not cozy up to the Taliban.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on Amnesty and Gita Sahgal
Feb 8th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Given a choice between violent patriachy and women’s rights, like many liberal institutions AI chooses reaction. … Read the rest
The ‘Islamophobia Watch’ Take on Gita Sahgal
Feb 8th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She is ‘a member of a nutty group called Women Against Fundamentalisms.’ … Read the rest
Ukpabio’s Lawsuit Against Igwe Struck Out
Feb 8th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Helen Ukpabio of the Liberty Gospel Church failed to show up, so her suit against Leo Igwe is over.… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo on the Moderate Majority
Feb 7th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A graceful job of moving the goalposts.… Read the rest
Ben Goldacre on the Wakefield MMR Verdict
Feb 7th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Wakefield is being blamed by journalists as if he were the only one at fault; the media are equally guilty. … Read the rest
