Iraq paid $40,000 apiece for a device that contains a cheap electronicky tag-thing that detects nothing.… 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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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Maia Caron Interviews OB
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOn religion and women, compliance and fear, misogyny and habit.… Read the rest
Religion’s Role in California’s Prop 8
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonExperts said religion has been used to justify discrimination against African Americans, women and gays.… Read the rest
Christian-Muslim Riots Spread in Nigeria
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAs street clashes broke out in Pankshin and Mangu, one report said 464 people had died in Jos.… Read the rest
A Jump Too Many
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFrom contempt for philosophy to contempt for the idea that we should strive to have beliefs that make sense.… Read the rest
A Visit to the Creation Museum
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThere’s a room that has all the stuff God made on each day; the exhibit looks like holiday photographs.… Read the rest
Fresh Air on 36 Arguments for the Existence of God
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPart academic farce, part metaphysical romance, all novel of ideas.… Read the rest
A Bad Earthquake and a Good God?
Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNo. [link fixed]… Read the rest
Sean Carroll: The Truth Still Matters
Jan 20th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson“X is true” and “People exist who believe X is true” are not actually the same statement.… Read the rest
Catholic Reveals Defective Moral Sense
Jan 20th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Why is other human life worth anything if there is no God?’… Read the rest
Bowling for Atheists: Donations Pour In
Jan 20th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPeople give for many reasons; the more reasons, the more giving.… Read the rest
Separation of Church and Medicine
Jan 20th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe religious ideologies that permeate BU’s academic policies may harm scientific progress at BCM.… Read the rest
Clerics Demand More Time and Deference on TV
Jan 19th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt’s all gardening and natural history instead of God! It’s an outrage!… Read the rest
Egypt: No Sex Before Marriage
Jan 19th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSo what you do is, you secretly say you’re married. Problem solved.… Read the rest
Russell Blackford on ‘The Evolution of God’
Jan 19th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThere is no phenomenon crying out for a deeper explanation that involves purpose or design or divinity.… Read the rest
Laurie Taylor on the Church’s Way With Children
Jan 19th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt happened to him and to his best friend. The priests made it the child’s fault.… Read the rest
OSCE: Turkey’s Internet Law Should Be Reformed
Jan 19th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘At present, 3,700 Internet sites are blocked in Turkey, including YouTube, GeoCities, and Google sites.’… Read the rest
Clare Sambrook on Children in Detention Centres
Jan 18th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘While the Government misrepresents the evidence, children’s suffering goes on.’… Read the rest
Secularists as Dogmatic and Even More Strident
Jan 18th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSays the archish of Westminster sweetly. Also the Irish mess is v good, reminds us we are sinners.… Read the rest
Sunny Hundal on Rod Liddle and Those Comments
Jan 18th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAre they his or a hacker’s?… Read the rest