Modern anti-science is most skilfully executed by a small subset of lobbyists and PR agencies. … 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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Dwight Furrow on ‘Values Voters’ 
Sep 25th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They claim to adhere to a culture of life – except for Armageddon of course.… Read the rest
Simon Schama on Ahmadinejad
Sep 25th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not the least repellent aspect of his reiteration that the Holocaust was a lie, was the muffled response.… Read the rest
Girl’s Refusal to Be Child Bride Inspires India
Sep 25th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She refused to be married off and stayed in school instead; now other girls in the village are doing the same.… Read the rest
Feathered Fossil Older Than Archaeopteryx Found
Sep 25th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The new fossils, from two separate locations, are about 10 million years older than Archaeopteryx. … Read the rest
Fossils Fulfill an Evolutionary Prediction
Sep 25th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Feathered dinosaurs probably continued to exist after one of their kin gave rise to birds’ – and sure enough!… Read the rest
Iran: Mannequins Must Wear Hijab
Sep 24th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Next stop, the twilight zone.… Read the rest
Mo Has Been Reading Tariq Ramadan
Sep 24th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He executes the steps gracefully.… Read the rest
Christian Legal Centre Making Trouble
Sep 24th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The CLC claims that Lord Phillips allowed his personal views to colour his judgement in the Purdy case.… Read the rest
Death Threats for Public Eating During Ramadan
Sep 24th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Moroccan campaigning to change law against eating in public during Ramadan says he got 100 death threats.… Read the rest
UN Says ‘Witch’ Killings Are on the Rise
Sep 24th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Murder and persecution of women and children accused of being witches is spreading globally.… Read the rest
Sierre Leone: High Rate of Maternal Mortality
Sep 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Thousands of women bleed to death after giving birth. Most die in their homes. Some die on the way to hospital.… Read the rest
Human Rights Emergency in Sierra Leone
Sep 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Under half of deliveries are attended by a skilled birth attendant; under 1 in 5 are carried out in health facilities.… Read the rest
Amnesty on Women in Sierra Leone
Sep 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘This is a country where girls are forced into early marriage, excluded from schools and face sexual violence.’… Read the rest
Education Based Only on Reason is Incomplete
Sep 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says the archbishop. ‘When theologians said that God was rational, they meant that he was consistent with himself.’… Read the rest
Ahmedinejad, Lion of Islam, Gives a Squeak
Sep 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He scolded Bush over Guantanamo, but Iran’s prisons are not a beacon of justice.… Read the rest
Amnesty’s Sierra Leone Blog
Sep 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Irene asked the crowd to raise their hands if they had lost a woman to maternal mortality and there was a sea of hands.’… Read the rest
Irina Bokova Voted New Head of UNESCO
Sep 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Faruq Hosni not.… Read the rest
Loser Condemns UNESCO Vote
Sep 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Zionists, north and south, politicized, Jewish pressure, newspapers.… Read the rest
BBC Looks Into Far-right Extremism
Sep 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Quotes Edmund Standing, author of The BNP and The Online Fascist Network. … Read the rest
