Fathom Media was revealed to be a subsidiary of Creation Ministries International.… 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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Historians Misrepresented by Creationists 
Jul 22nd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Phil Bell, CEO of Creationist Ministries UK, acknowledged that Fathom Media was established as a front company.… Read the rest
Data on Risks of Distracted Driving Witheld
Jul 21st, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Federal agency hid hundreds of pages of research and warnings about the use of phones by drivers.… Read the rest
Multitasking While Driving: the Documents
Jul 21st, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Over 250 pages of undisclosed material obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. … Read the rest
OB Chats With The New Statesman
Jul 21st, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Co-author of the new book Does God Hate Women? discusses patriarchy, the burka and capitalism.… Read the rest
Sholto Byrnes Reviews Karen Armstrong
Jul 21st, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And takes a gratuitous swipe at ‘Does God Hate Women?’ while he’s at it. … Read the rest
Jerry Coyne on NSF Funding and the Golden Age
Jul 21st, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is no indication that there was a post-Sputnik “golden age of science” that has now vanished.… Read the rest
Vatican Issues a Clarification
Jul 20th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Anyone involved in an abortion is automatically excommunicated, even in the case of a raped 9-year-old.… Read the rest
Vatican Does Not Intend to Deny the Girl Mercy
Jul 20th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She should have been hugged! And only then forced to bear twins.… Read the rest
Alain de Botton Reviews Karen Armstrong
Jul 20th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Armstrong ‘wishes to remind us of the mystery of God’ – and to say how stupid atheists are, of course.… Read the rest
Saudi Woman Given Asylum in UK
Jul 20th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She had an ‘adulterous affair’ which would get her stoned to death in Saudi,… Read the rest
Frank Rich: the Sotomayor Hearings as Theater
Jul 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Clueless ancien-régime conservatives were feebly clinging to their last levers of power.… Read the rest
Canadian Doctors Move on Right-to-die Issue
Jul 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Quebecoise electorate has been more progressive than voters in other Canadian provinces.… Read the rest
Thought for the Day is Already Secular
Jul 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Its god is made in the image of a BBC producer.… Read the rest
Jerusalem Court Orders Mother’s Release
Jul 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Thousands of Haredi residents rioted over the arrest of a woman accused of starving her child.… Read the rest
Martin Amis on Pathological Fantasies
Jul 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The mullahs now know that they are afloat on an ocean of illegitimacy. … Read the rest
Laurie Taylor Talks to Terry Eagleton
Jul 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I don’t want to deny that there are a lot of simplistic ways of thinking in religion.’ Oh yes you do!… Read the rest
Kenan Malik Reviews Christopher Caldwell
Jul 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe is robustly argued. It is also fundamentally wrong.… Read the rest
Quest for ‘Spiritual Cleansing’ Goes Wrong
Jul 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lave Tet ‘improves the ability for possession, clears the mind, clarifies abilities for seeing…’… Read the rest
Closeted Atheists
Jul 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Christians are encouraged to trumpet their beliefs, atheists are encouraged to do the other thing.… Read the rest
