The church could no longer exclude women from power. This must not be!… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Telegraph Says No to Equality
Jan 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTolerance means letting other people exclude inferiors from power. Why can’t Labour understand this?… Read the rest
BBC World Service on Football and ‘Faith’
Jan 9th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘A new generation of football players are bringing God back onto the pitch’; isn’t that wonderful.… Read the rest
Harry’s Place on Hitchens on Westergaard
Jan 9th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Then you pick up yesterday’s Guardian, and there’s a long article that says Westergaard asked for it.’… Read the rest
God’s Economy
Jan 9th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe plea of a backward-looking prophet crying in the midst of a welfare wilderness that only democracy can solve.… Read the rest
Dubai: Woman Reports Rape, is Arrested
Jan 9th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBritish woman reports a waiter raped her, so she and her boyfriend are arrested for ‘adultery.’… Read the rest
Michael Totten Interviews Christopher Hitchens
Jan 9th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThese two religions make very large claims for themselves, and further say they should be immune from criticism.… Read the rest
Sweden: Lars Vilks Threatened for his Motoon
Jan 8th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHe got a phone call from a man who said that it was his turn next time.… Read the rest
Julian Baggini on ‘Ethical’ Shopping
Jan 8th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNever mind obvious consumerist tat, what about the more insidious stuff?… Read the rest
Aftenposten Publishes Motoons
Jan 8th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe Norweigan newspaper printed small versions of six out of the twelve cartoons.… Read the rest
Malaysia: Arson, Violence Over Who Says ‘Allah’
Jan 8th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonProtesters carried posters reading ‘Heresy arises from words wrongly used’ and ‘Allah is only for us.’… Read the rest
Liberal Muslims Form a Group in Norway
Jan 8th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe hegemony of the illiberal Muslims is finally being broken.… Read the rest
Sikivu Hutchinson on the Morality of Choice
Jan 7th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Precious’ is one more in a long line of contemporary US films that ‘omit’ reference to abortion as a viable life option.… Read the rest
Gay Ex-Monk Fears the Pope’s Visit to UK
Jan 7th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBecause it will be a gift to the secularists…… Read the rest
Russell Blackford on Nancy Graham Holm
Jan 7th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhat she has written is worth denouncing – soberly, deliberately, and in all seriousness.… Read the rest
An Unknown Unknown: Tetrapod Tracks
Jan 7th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt’s not only the date that’s got people excited, it’s also the location where these fossils were found. … Read the rest
The Omniscient Reader Experience
Jan 7th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA very droll review.… Read the rest
Margaret Talbot Blogs on Perry v Schwarzenegger,
Jan 6th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonShe analyzes the bizarre arguments so you don’t have to.… Read the rest
Oliver Kamm Responds to Nancy Graham Holm
Jan 6th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHe is not impressed.… Read the rest
Taj Hargey Responds to Anjem Choudary
Jan 6th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA ban is just what the party-of-one Choudary wants. Ignore him.… Read the rest