‘Religious freedom nowadays seems to take second place to other sorts of freedom.’… 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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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
CFI Announces 3 New Hosts for Point of Inquiry 
Feb 1st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Chris Mooney, Karen Stollznow, and Robert Price. … Read the rest
Aceh: WLUML Call for Repeal of Qanun Jinayah
Feb 1st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Stoning to death would be codified and Islamic jurisdiction would be expanded into criminal law.… Read the rest
‘Homeopathic Remedies’: Real Cure or Nonsense?
Jan 31st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is no evidence that homeopathy works, yet it gets public funding.… Read the rest
Haiti: Idaho Church Group Accused of Abduction
Jan 31st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
One girl, aged 8 or 9, was crying and saying, ‘I’m not an orphan. I still have my parents.’… Read the rest
Catholicism Shrinking in South Jersey
Jan 31st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s a start.… Read the rest
Church Will Fight to Keep ‘Divine Right’ to Children
Jan 31st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In Ireland the bishops and priests who controlled the schools behaved like dictators for generations.… Read the rest
A Gift to the Creationists
Jan 31st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A book titled What Darwin Got Wrong that’s not by a creationist.… Read the rest
The Boston Globe on Howard Zinn
Jan 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
His books and plays are about the power of ordinary people to affect history.… Read the rest
Oliver Kamm on Howard Zinn
Jan 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If your heart is in the right place, the assumption is, then it doesn’t matter if your scholarship is sloppy.… Read the rest
‘New Perspectives on Faith and Development’
Jan 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Islamic Relief et al. to host ‘groundbreaking’ seminars on Faith and Development.… Read the rest
Simon Singh and Andy Lewis on Homeopathy
Jan 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Filmed by Stephen Law at the CFI UK Trick or Treatment event.… Read the rest
Johann Hari on Corruption in America
Jan 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It has reached the point that lobbyists now often write the country’s laws. Not metaphorically; literally.… Read the rest
Tesco Says No Shopping in Pyjamas
Jan 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Buffoon doesn’t see why, she only wanted a packet of fags, she would have worn clothes for a full shop.… Read the rest
Blair is Sorry the War Was ‘Divisive’
Jan 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He acknowledged ‘things obviously look quite different’ now given the failure to find any weapons.… Read the rest
Roeder Convicted of First-Degree Murder
Jan 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It took jurors 37 minutes to convict Scott Roeder of first-degree murder in the death of George R. Tiller.… Read the rest
Questioning Homophobic Pseudoscience
Jan 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘That a child needs a male parent and a female parent is so taken for granted that people are uncritical.’… Read the rest
Ogling Teaches Women to Self-objectify
Jan 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When a female believes her body is being sized up by a male, she’ll diminish her presence by speaking less. … Read the rest
Orthodoxy Enforcement at Wheaton College
Jan 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Wheaton is nondenominational, but has a detailed statement of faith that all at the college must follow.… Read the rest
Iran Executes 2 Mohareb or ‘Enemies of God’
Jan 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The prosecutor’s office said nine other detained protesters have been condemned to death as Mohareb.… Read the rest
