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Inevitably links go out of date.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.


Joe Hoffmann Says ‘Thanks, God’ *

Jan 18th, 2010 | Filed by

The only way to show you how we really feel is to rebuild the churches and get people back on their knees, where they belong.… Read the rest



Clare Sambrook on Children in Detention Centres *

Jan 18th, 2010 | Filed by

‘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

Says 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

Are they his or a hacker’s?… Read the rest



Jeremy Havardi on ‘Blasphemy’ *

Jan 17th, 2010 | Filed by

If religious beliefs appear absurd and immoral by liberal standards, let us feel free to say so.… Read the rest



Hitchens on Blaming Geology, not the Devil *

Jan 17th, 2010 | Filed by

If any single thing explains the abject misery of Haiti, it is the prevalence of religious cultism.… Read the rest



Unbelievers Giving Aid *

Jan 17th, 2010 | Filed by

Donate to Doctors Without Borders or other secular organizations.… Read the rest



Voodoo ‘Faith’ Could Hinder Haiti’s Recovery *

Jan 17th, 2010 | Filed by

No worries about the other kind though.… Read the rest



Algerian Feminist Playwright Attacked *

Jan 16th, 2010 | Filed by

‘We know who you are, you miscreant whore.’… Read the rest



Tel Aviv: ‘Guru’ Arrested for Enslavement and Rape *

Jan 16th, 2010 | Filed by

He was ‘romantically involved’ with 17 women, is suspected of raping several of them. How dreamy.… Read the rest



‘Guru-like Saint’ Had 17 Women, 60 Children *

Jan 16th, 2010 | Filed by

Ratzon banned the women from communicating with men and demanded absolute obedience.… Read the rest



One Good Thing About Pat Robertson *

Jan 16th, 2010 | Filed by

His claim underscores the absurdity of religious belief, instead of obscuring it with touchy-feely doubletalk… Read the rest



Senior Member of Hizb ut-Tahrir Teaches at LSE *

Jan 15th, 2010 | Filed by

Reza Pankhurst is a postgraduate student and teaches for the course ‘States, Nations and Empires.’… Read the rest



Pope Blames Atheists for Copenhagen Summit *

Jan 15th, 2010 | Filed by

Moral sense comes from God; look at those materialistic and atheistic regimes; case closed.… Read the rest



UK: Government is Friends With MCB Again *

Jan 15th, 2010 | Filed by

The ‘communities secretary’ said the separation was simply too tragic.… Read the rest



Science Shows: God is the Answer to all Questions *

Jan 15th, 2010 | Filed by

Anxious? Try God. Want sex? Try God.… Read the rest



Bishops Horrified by Equality and Rights *

Jan 15th, 2010 | Filed by

Believers must be able to insist that homosexuality is a sin and that only men and women can marry. … Read the rest



Wendy Kaminer: No Atheists Need Apply *

Jan 14th, 2010 | Filed by

Atheists who regard all religions with equal disrespect are sometimes the most reliable defenders of equal religious rights.… Read the rest



Pat Robertson’s Amateur History *

Jan 14th, 2010 | Filed by

Haiti, Napoleon, pact with the devil – what’s he talking about?… Read the rest



The Never-ending Horror of Pat Robertson *

Jan 14th, 2010 | Filed by

Writing horror stories in the blood of innocent victims of a monstrous natural occurrence – again. … Read the rest