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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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.


British Women Going to India to Abort Girls *

Dec 3rd, 2007 | Filed by

‘It is really not a nice feeling when you are really proud of her and they dismiss her as just another mistake.’… Read the rest



FGM Actually Glorious and Empowering *

Dec 3rd, 2007 | Filed by

Pesky Western feminists just don’t understand.… Read the rest



Sudanese Views Over Mobear Not All the Same *

Dec 2nd, 2007 | Filed by

Some ‘hotheads’ demand the sword, many people are ashamed and angry.… Read the rest



Meet the Sudanese Thinker *

Dec 2nd, 2007 | Filed by

‘We’ll make a mosh pit, head bang together and proclaim “down with the infidel teacher”. Yaaay!’… Read the rest



International Appeal to Reinstate Malalai Joya *

Dec 2nd, 2007 | Filed by

Joya has been an outspoken critic of the heavy presence of warlords in the Afghan parliament.… Read the rest



Dawkins Site’s Favorite 100 Articles *

Dec 2nd, 2007 | Filed by

Notice numero uno…… Read the rest



Pope Eager to Chat With Muslim ‘Leaders’ *

Dec 2nd, 2007 | Filed by

Excited about command to love God – yes let’s make everyone do that.… Read the rest



Turkish Publisher Faces Jail for Atheist Book *

Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by

Dawkins’s publishers threatened with legal action by prosecutors who accuse TGD of ‘insulting believers.’… Read the rest



Nick Cohen on Liberal Condescension *

Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by

How does Garton Ash know what seeds Hirsi Ali is planting in the minds of Muslim women?… Read the rest



Garton Ash on How to Get Along *

Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by

When a Muslim says the Koran favours free speech, why argue?… Read the rest



Bunglawala: Gibbons Case a ‘Silly Affair’ *

Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by

Ridiculous case – Sudan already has a poor image – silly affair – Sun readers barbarous too.… Read the rest



UK Peers to Visit Gibbons *

Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by

FO ‘pleased that they have been able to convey the views of British Muslims to the Sudanese authorities.’… Read the rest



Deborah Lipstadt on Irving at Oxford Union *

Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by

‘How does [Tyrl] propose “debating” someone such as David Irving who is a proven falsifier of history?’… Read the rest



Taslima Nasreen Will Censor Her Own Book *

Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by

‘Some people are upset with what I have said, I have decided to drop the controversial portions.’… Read the rest



Demo in Khartoum to Demand Tougher Sentence *

Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by

Some of the protesters chanted “No tolerance – execution” and “Kill her, kill her by firing squad”. … Read the rest



Sudanese Ambassador Called Back to Explain *

Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by

Officials at the Foreign Office say the mood has changed as a result of the verdict. … Read the rest



Foreign Office Seeks Gibbons’s Release *

Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by

The FO was in contact with Sudan’s government overnight and will repeat demands for her release. … Read the rest



Biometrics Will Fix Everything *

Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by

Or perhaps not. Ben Goldacre fools the machine.… Read the rest



Freud Not Taught in Psychology Departments *

Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by

Why? Lack of evidence. Fine for gender studies, post-colonial studies, Queer theory though.… Read the rest



Pope Attacks ‘Cruel and Unjust’ Atheism *

Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by

All wrong; only God can do everything; God doesn’t happen to feel like it, that’s all.… Read the rest