Both the psychonanalysts and the priests think Teresa is even holier because of her doubts.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
The Murder of Chauncey Bailey 
Sep 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The editor of the Oakland Post was killed last month allegedly for investigating Your Black Muslim Bakery.… Read the rest
Polling Data on Science and Religion
Sep 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Should we ‘frame’ the discussion or should we just tell the truth as we see it?… Read the rest
‘Honour’ Killings in Iraqi Kurdistan
Sep 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Many of the murders are disguised as suicides or accidents with burning oil. … Read the rest
Sciency ‘Study’ of Sexiest Walk
Sep 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We haven’t conducted the survey yet but we know what results we want to achieve.’ That’s the spirit! … Read the rest
Memorial for Magdalen Women in Galway
Sep 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women of the Magdalen Laundry endured backbreaking work, grim living conditions, and ostracism.… Read the rest
YouGov Poll on Religion
Sep 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Nearly half the British think religion is harmful; more than half believe in God ‘or something.’… Read the rest
Addled Visitors Challenge State Park Naturalists
Sep 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
After visit to Answers in Genesis’s Creation Museum they set the naturalists straight.… Read the rest
No Let’s Not Make Science Easier
Sep 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Athletes aim high; why shouldn’t students?… Read the rest
EP Takes Up Pegah Emambakhsh Case
Sep 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
European Parliament will take up the case of the Iranian lesbian who risks expulsion from the UK to Iran.… Read the rest
Credulity Toward ‘Mavericks’ Can be Dangerous
Sep 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The recent upsurge in measles cases in Britain is a sad tribute to the climate of irrationality.… Read the rest
Interview With A C Grayling
Sep 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If political views cannot be protected from a cartoonist’s pen, why should religious views?… Read the rest
Secular Turks Want a Truly Liberal Society
Sep 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The danger is creeping Islamisation of social life, and a conservatism which puts pressure on secular Turks. … Read the rest
‘Religious Viewpoint Anti-Discrimination Act’
Aug 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Protection for religious expression in class assignments’ – including science class.… Read the rest
HB 3678 is a Stealth Bill
Aug 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A biology teacher may not penalize a student for giving answers that invoke non-scientific explanations.… Read the rest
Age of the Inoffensive Bland Tame Newspaper
Aug 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A cartoon due to appear in the Washington Post was pulled after it was deemed ‘offensive to Muslims.’… Read the rest
Go On, Be Offended
Aug 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lola Granola finds a new spiritual path: radical Islamist, the new new thing.… Read the rest
Sweden ‘Regrets’ Prophet Cartoon
Aug 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The queue to grovel forms on the right.… Read the rest
The Importance of Doubt
Aug 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Certainty bad, doubt good, therefore one should have faith. Eh?… Read the rest
Hitchens on Mother Teresa’s Doubts
Aug 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The tribute that doubt paid to certainty: a strenuous effort to drown out the awful fear of ‘absence.’… Read the rest
