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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Bad Science: Scumbag Caught Fabricating Data
Mar 24th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIf you’re planning a career in scientific fraud, then medicine is an excellent place to start.… Read the rest
Venal, Misleading, Dangerous, Stupid, Busted
Mar 24th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonJournalists cherry pick evidence, then explain risks and benefits in the single most unhelpful way possible.… Read the rest
Believers in No Hurry to Meet the Deity
Mar 24th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonJAMA finds they dawdle more rather than less.… Read the rest
Islamists Threaten Bangladesh Schools
Mar 24th, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPrincipals of several English-language schools told police they had received threats from Islamists.… Read the rest
Sindh: Illegal Jirgas Declare Women Kari
Mar 23rd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonJirgas are being held in Sindh despite a ban; they declare women karis for getting higher education.… Read the rest
Concern Over Proliferation of Fatwas
Mar 23rd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Anybody can say anything to anybody? Kill your own family because they are not “real Muslims”?’… Read the rest
Juan Cole on Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism
Mar 23rd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWe have them all wrong, he says.… Read the rest
Normblog on Truth and Postmodernism
Mar 23rd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPostmodernism opposes not only the absolute truths of mere authority but also the fallibilist truth of rational inquirers.… Read the rest
Dentist Wants Creationism Taught in Texas
Mar 23rd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonGod’s teeth! The dentist is also a Sunday school teacher and chair of the state board of education.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen’s Day With the Roundrobinocracy
Mar 23rd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIs all well with the liberal consensus?… Read the rest
Round Robin to the Observer
Mar 23rd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonLots of liberals do challenge Islamism, therefore…they all do? Is that the claim?… Read the rest
Salil Tripathi: Pakistan’s Long March to Normality
Mar 22nd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSecuricrats and communal leaders on both sides of the border succeed in keeping the people apart.… Read the rest
Center for Naturalism Newsletter
Mar 22nd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHours of reading.… Read the rest
Amnesty Int on Deaths in Custody in Iran
Mar 22nd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe death of a blogger raised renewed fears that prisoners are being denied medical treatment.… Read the rest
Angola: Evictions Linked to Catholic Church
Mar 22nd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe Angolan authorities evicted thousands of people from land belonging to the Catholic Church.… Read the rest
HR Defenders in Middle East and North Africa
Mar 22nd, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHuman rights defenders are all too often vilified, persecuted and criminalized for their peaceful activities.… Read the rest
Army Rabbis Framed Gaza as Religious War
Mar 21st, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRabbis urged troops to reclaim what they said was God-given land and ‘get rid of the gentiles.’… Read the rest
The Pope’s Claim is Absurd and Irresponsible
Mar 21st, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe Pope’s statement about condoms is a threat to public health.… Read the rest
Islamist Governors Tore Apart a School
Mar 21st, 2009 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTwo governors campaigned to make the school more Islamic, accused the head of ‘Islamophobia.’… Read the rest