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Inevitably links go out of date.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.


Acid Victim’s Family Blocks Access to Treatment *

Sep 28th, 2007 | Filed by

‘NGOs are involved in un-Islamic activities and it is a sinful act to get treatment from them.’… Read the rest



Colorado Students Walk Out on Goddy Pledge *

Sep 28th, 2007 | Filed by

The students say the phrase violates the constitutional separation of church and state.… Read the rest



Myers and Laden Encounter Nesbit and Mooney *

Sep 28th, 2007 | Filed by

A reception in Dinkytown will follow the event. Seriously.… Read the rest



PZ on That Creationist Documentary *

Sep 28th, 2007 | Filed by

‘I certainly haven’t said that “freedom of thought and freedom of inquiry” aren’t part of the university.’… Read the rest



‘They Want to Finish With the African People’ *

Sep 27th, 2007 | Filed by

Mozambique archbishop claims some European-made condoms are infected with HIV deliberately.… Read the rest



RSF on Bad State of Press Freedom in Burma *

Sep 27th, 2007 | Filed by

RSF and the Burma Media Association call for the release of five journalists and a photographer.… Read the rest



Absurd Indictment of Journalist in Niger *

Sep 27th, 2007 | Filed by

What he is alleged to have done are normal activities for a brave and rigorous journalist.… Read the rest



Teacher Fired for Non-literal Bible Mention *

Sep 27th, 2007 | Filed by

Fired after he told his students the story of Adam and Eve should not be literally interpreted.… Read the rest



‘Christophobia’ at Universities *

Sep 27th, 2007 | Filed by

Shocking bias against the irrational in academic enclaves.… Read the rest



Girls Attack Saudi Religious Police *

Sep 26th, 2007 | Filed by

Two cops approached the girls to advise them about their clothes; they got pepper sprayed and yelled at.… Read the rest



Episcopal Bishops Reject Church’s Orders *

Sep 26th, 2007 | Filed by

Bishops rejected Anglican demands to roll back the church’s liberal stance on homosexuality.… Read the rest



Papal Rags for Sale on Holy Website *

Sep 26th, 2007 | Filed by

But buying them is sacrilege.… Read the rest



Pope to Talk About Climate Change *

Sep 26th, 2007 | Filed by

So?… Read the rest



Dentist Told Patient to Put On Hijab *

Sep 26th, 2007 | Filed by

Admitted he would ask Muslim women to ‘cover up’ ‘in accordance with Islamic law’ before he treated them.… Read the rest



Catholic Apologist Rebukes Amnesty International *

Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed by

Those women who have suffered rape will not be short of pastoral care from a range of humanitarian groups.… Read the rest



What the Church Fails to Understand *

Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed by

Forced pregnancy and forced maternity are regarded as war crimes and are breaches of the Geneva convention… Read the rest



The Greatest Silence: Rape in Congo *

Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed by

Many tens of thousands of women and girls have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured.… Read the rest



Rape is Cheaper Than Bullets *

Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed by

Soldiers from all sides are targeting and raping women as part of a military strategy.… Read the rest



Danny Postel on Our Real Iranian Friends *

Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed by

Like Akbar Ganji, who has just issued an Open Letter to Ban Ki Moon refusing ‘the double blackmail.’… Read the rest



Vatican Incredulous About Our Lady of Surbiton *

Sep 24th, 2007 | Filed by

Archbishop says the supposed revelations are highly questionable. Tsk.… Read the rest