To all those unhappy disaffected Anglicans looking for a home…… 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.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Scientists v Politicians 
Oct 29th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Government refused to accept expert views of a council set up to judge relative harms of different drugs.… Read the rest
US Opposes Ban on Religious ‘Defamation’
Oct 29th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
As the OIC is pressing the UN HRC to adopt a resolution condemning the ‘defamation’ of religion.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen: a Policy at Once Sinister and Naïve
Oct 29th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The entire FCO hierarchy was supporting a policy of encouraging the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies.… Read the rest
Norm Levitt 1943-2009
Oct 29th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Co-author of ‘Higher Superstition,’ author of ‘Prometheus Bedeviled,’ defender of science and reason.… Read the rest
Richard Dawkins on Norm Levitt
Oct 29th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The books that he wrote and inspired are the best memorial to Norman Levitt. Read them, and encourage others to do so.’… Read the rest
Josh Rosenau on Steve Fuller on Norm Levitt
Oct 29th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Fuller has, apparently, decided to wait until Levitt could not answer for himself before replying to Levitt’s criticisms.’… Read the rest
Scientologists Convicted of Fraud
Oct 28th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Unlike the US, France has always refused to recognise Scientology as a religion.… Read the rest
First Order of Business: Inspect Women’s Bras
Oct 28th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Somalia is a wretched country in the grip of famine and chaos but officials there are busy inspecting bras.… Read the rest
Sharia Spreading in Indonesia
Oct 28th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Islamist parties tanked in elections, but local governments pass Sharia-based rules on conduct and dress.… Read the rest
Plot to Avenge Motoons
Oct 28th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Two men men allegedly planned to kill Flemming Rose and Kurt Westergaard.… Read the rest
Priests Told: Ignore That Letter on Child Abuse
Oct 28th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The letter attacks the Catholic Church for making itself immune from being sued over clerical sexual abuse.… Read the rest
Wafa Sultan’s ‘A God Who Hates’
Oct 27th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The god who hates, she says, specifically hates women.… Read the rest
James Richmond Disputes Dvir Abramovich
Oct 27th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How are we are to decide which parts of the holy books are to be taken as the inflexible Word of God?… Read the rest
Can We Talk About Religion, Please?
Oct 27th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We should discuss religious institutions as we would others – courteously and vigorously.… Read the rest
Hitchens on What He Has Learned From Debates
Oct 27th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
That religious believers are not all as convinced as he’d expected.… Read the rest
University of Chicago Darwin-fest Oct 29-31
Oct 27th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Richard Lewontin, Ronald Numbers, Marc Hauser, and more.… Read the rest
Dawkins on the Vatican’s Outreach
Oct 27th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ratzinger urges the Anglican church to send its misogynists and bigots over to Rome.… Read the rest
Stephen Law on 50 Voices of Disbelief
Oct 26th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Even better than he was expecting; a great read.… Read the rest
