Are they his or a hacker’s?… 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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Roy Greenslade on Liddle and Those Comments 
Jan 18th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Liddle replies – unless that’s a hacker too.… Read the rest
Randi Foundation Teams With Dawkins Foundation
Jan 18th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And a dozen other secular groups to set up a way to donate money to help the people of Haiti.… Read the rest
Science and the Battle for Free Speech
Jan 18th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Science progresses only through open criticism, and UK libel law makes this impossible.… Read the rest
Jeremy Havardi on ‘Blasphemy’
Jan 17th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
Donate to Doctors Without Borders or other secular organizations.… Read the rest
Voodoo ‘Faith’ Could Hinder Haiti’s Recovery
Jan 17th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No worries about the other kind though.… Read the rest
Algerian Feminist Playwright Attacked
Jan 16th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We know who you are, you miscreant whore.’… Read the rest
Tel Aviv: ‘Guru’ Arrested for Enslavement and Rape
Jan 16th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
His claim underscores the absurdity of religious belief, instead of obscuring it with touchy-feely doubletalk… Read the rest
Bishops Horrified by Equality and Rights
Jan 15th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Believers must be able to insist that homosexuality is a sin and that only men and women can marry. … Read the rest
Senior Member of Hizb ut-Tahrir Teaches at LSE
Jan 15th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
Anxious? Try God. Want sex? Try God.… Read the rest
Wendy Kaminer: No Atheists Need Apply
Jan 14th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
Writing horror stories in the blood of innocent victims of a monstrous natural occurrence – again. … Read the rest
