Small group of singing supporters of the MDC marched through the city while the flyers clouded the horizon.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Talking is Different from Capitulation 
Jun 25th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Churchill did not object to Chamberlain meeting Hitler in 1938, he objected to giving the Nazis Czechoslovakia.… Read the rest
Blackwater’s Deep Reverence for Islam
Jun 25th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
3 widows of US soldiers are suing over plane crash in Afghanistan. So – call for Sharia!… Read the rest
Race and Patriotism as a Wedge Strategy
Jun 25th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Clinton has manipulated ideas about race, but Obama has not manipulated similar ideas about gender.’… Read the rest
Malaysia: Islamists Tell Women What to Do
Jun 25th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No loud shoes. Segregated seating at the movies. Hijab.… Read the rest
Majority of Indonesians Want Sharia
Jun 25th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But ‘only’ 45% said women should be forced to wear hijab. Oh is that all!… Read the rest
Gabfests About Islam and the West
Jun 25th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Speaker after speaker called for some formal, internationally agreed restriction on defamation of religion. … Read the rest
Jeb Bush Wants More, Worse Religious Schools
Jun 24th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bush has engineered two initiatives that would dilute language requiring a quality public school system. … Read the rest
Regulating the ‘Professions’ of Alt Medicine
Jun 24th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The main body of the report produced for the Government does not contain the word ‘placebo.’… Read the rest
David Colquhoun on the Alt Med Report
Jun 24th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The report shows an execrable ability to assess evidence, and it advocates degrees in antiscience.… Read the rest
Regulation is Recognition
Jun 24th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The greatest risk to the health of the NHS is approaching: the march of the alternative health industry.… Read the rest
School Investigated ‘Abuse’ Based on Psychic
Jun 24th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Psychic said a child whose name began with V was being molested; school called Victoria’s mother.… Read the rest
Theodore Dalrymple Reviews Julian Baggini
Jun 23rd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dalrymple is not sure that the intellectually sophisticated and critical are the most balanced complainants.… Read the rest
What Darwin and Wallace Thought
Jun 23rd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
150 years ago next week, a notion, more radical even than Marx’s, was set loose on the world.… Read the rest
Ziauddin Sardar on New Koran Translation
Jun 23rd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Words things in a nicer way than the Dawood translation did. Also more accurately? Or not?… Read the rest
UK Government Should Do More to Stop FGM
Jun 23rd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ann Clwyd calls it an absolute disgrace that no one has been prosecuted under the new regulations.… Read the rest
Secularism Meets Islamism on Big Brother
Jun 23rd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“This is nothing to do with religion!” “Tell it to Allah!”… Read the rest
Poland: Priest Blocked Rape Victim’s Abortion
Jun 23rd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Priest, anti-abortion campaigners, doctors gang up on 14-year-old who doesn’t want a baby.… Read the rest
Pew Survey Shows US Religious Credulity [link fixed]
Jun 23rd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Believe ‘many religions can lead to eternal life.’ All at the same time, but in different hats.… Read the rest
Iran: Hana Abdi Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Jun 22nd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Abdi has been in detention since November for advocating for greater freedoms for Iran’s women.… Read the rest
