A world in which perceived needs are manufactured along with the products that will match them.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Can Science and Religion Find Common Ground? 
Nov 20th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Many scholars believe rapprochement is possible and desirable. A few disagree, and EO Wilson is one of them.… Read the rest
Spain’s Law of Historic Memory Condemns Franco
Nov 20th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A preamble condemns the rule of a man who ruthlessly disposed of tens of thousands of opponents. … Read the rest
Fadela Amara: a Feminist With Some Power
Nov 20th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The head of Ni Putes ni Soumises is Sarkozy’s junior minister of urban policy.… Read the rest
Ofcom Rejects Charge Against ‘Dispatches’
Nov 19th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
West Midlands Police said Channel 4distorted what the imams were saying; Ofcom said no.… Read the rest
Archbish to Target Non-homophobic Bishops
Nov 19th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Unity, schism, controversial, divisive, agenda, openly, compromise, pressure, boycotts.… Read the rest
PBS Ombudsman: Reactions to ‘Judgment Day’
Nov 19th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hey it was so totally one-sided!… Read the rest
ID Supporters Play the ‘That’s Religion’ Card
Nov 19th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Saying evolution is not inherently anti-religious is religious, thus unconstitutional. Eh?… Read the rest
Steve Fuller’s Sociological Blinders
Nov 19th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘What we get is, roughly, postmodernism in the defense of old-time religion. A toxic combination.’… Read the rest
Biker With Bad Heart Tries Reiki, Wins Races
Nov 19th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He ‘defied medical advice’ to race. Good move.… Read the rest
Belief in Interventionist God Not All That Rare
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
New atheists’ view of religion is far too crude, critics say; the criticism itself is out of touch with reality… Read the rest
Tutu Rebukes Church for Attitudes to Gays
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why the obsession with sexuality when we have poverty, Aids and wars to worry about?… Read the rest
Another Religion Journalist Loses Faith
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bates was turned off by the intolerance towards gays and the self-righteousness of Christians.… Read the rest
The Religion Beat Demolishes Faith
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What really surprised me was the mendacity and sheer nastiness with which the feuds were conducted. … Read the rest
Every Group is Sacred
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Press Complaints Commission should ‘consider distorted inaccurate coverage of groups and communities.’… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on a Mayoral Snow Job
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ware pointed out that all the criticisms of the MCB he broadcast came from liberal-minded British Muslims.… Read the rest
Children Accused as Witches, Abused, Expelled
Nov 18th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Massive number of children in Angola and Congo cast out, often as a rationale for not having to feed them.… Read the rest
Comedy from Theo Hobson
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The atheists feel that they effortlessly realise moral perfection in their daily lives.’… Read the rest
Caliphate or no Caliphate?
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The road back to the caliphate is a dead end but propaganda lends an appearance of substance to an illusion.… Read the rest
A World Awash in Conspiracy Theories
Nov 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What difference does it make? When we believe in fairy tales, we keep ourselves timorous children.… Read the rest
