Islamist membership leads to deepening of the abyss of hatred for others – even if this member holds 50 doctorates.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Media Ignore UN Anti-blasphemy Resolutions 
Apr 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Surely this is a story worth covering.… Read the rest
The Joy of Scanning the Scientific Literature
Apr 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A barrage of studies that challenge your preconceptions, demonstrating the weakness of intuition.… Read the rest
Antarctic Ice Bridge Breaks
Apr 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘A strong indication that the warming on the Antarctic is having an effect on yet another ice shelf.’… Read the rest
Kurt Westergaard ‘Still’ Not Apologetic
Apr 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I think we are in a period in which this democratic value is under pressure, so it has to be defended.’… Read the rest
Swedish Parliament Votes to Allow Gay Marriage
Apr 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The fifth European country to do so, after the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Norway.… Read the rest
Ultra-Orthodox Papers Edit Women Out
Apr 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Two ultra-Orthodox newspapers altered photo of Israel’s cabinet; one replaced the two women with men.… Read the rest
Chaudhry Calls For Probe of Girl’s Flogging
Apr 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Chief Justice Chaudhry called the action a cruel violation of fundamental rights; Gilani calls it shameful.… Read the rest
A Crappy Week for Women’s Rights
Apr 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Erased in Israel, flogged in Pakistan, ground into the dirt in Afghanistan.… Read the rest
Robert Lambert is Wrong
Apr 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Islamists love to employ the idioms of ‘social justice’ and ‘moral obligation’ when confronting their enemies.… Read the rest
MCB’s Daud Abdullah Sues Hazel Blears
Apr 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They disagree over certain clauses of the Istanbul Declaration.… Read the rest
Jeremy Paxman Confronted Daud Abdullah
Apr 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or rather, he didn’t.… Read the rest
Shiraz Maher on UK’s ‘New’ Counterterror Policy
Apr 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is it right that liberal societies should endorse those whose values we would otherwise find abhorrent?… Read the rest
Iowa Supreme Court Unconvinced by ‘Experts’
Apr 3rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
CFI legal department filed amicus brief defending lower court’s exclusion of ‘expert’ opinions by conservative religionists.… Read the rest
Voices Against Shariah Apologists
Apr 3rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Resist the Taliban, Shariah Courts and violence against women in Pakistan.… Read the rest
No Actually Let’s Not Do God
Apr 3rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is something crass and nasty as well as vulgar in Blair’s quantitative triumphalism.… Read the rest
The Finest Tradition of Anglican Humbug
Apr 3rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Compromise depends on people’s willingness not to push their own convictions too far.… Read the rest
Guardian Stands Up for ‘Mainstream Islamists’
Apr 3rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘British Islamists find themselves under constant scrutiny in Britain from Islamophobes.’… Read the rest
Iowa Court Voids Gay Marriage Ban
Apr 3rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled a 1998 law limiting marriage to a woman and a man unconstitutional. … Read the rest
The Taliban v the Rights of Women and Girls
Apr 2nd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Human rights are not a sideshow. They are the whole game.… Read the rest
