Sunbathing with people who think we need to execute a few of these pesky liberals.… 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.
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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Interview With Ayaan Hirsi Ali 
Jul 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Interviewer asks: ‘Is there a school where they teach you these American cliches?’… Read the rest
Hitchens on the Mantle of Righteousness
Jul 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
On the self-satisfaction that assumes, whether or not religion is true, at least it stands for morality. … Read the rest
Shambo ‘Saved’ at Risk of Public Health
Jul 16th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
So he’s got TB, so what, he’s ‘sacred.’… Read the rest
Electric Preacher Denies Scam
Jul 16th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Charge a spoon, keys or coins and watch as it shocks a volunteer! They will believe you have supernatural powers!’… Read the rest
Education Should Make You Rich, not Wealthy
Jul 16th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘What mattered was being thrilled by literature, by great ideas and words, words, words.’… Read the rest
It’s True That A-levels Are Easier
Jul 15th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A-level students face equations that require less depth of knowledge and understanding than in the past.… Read the rest
Muslim Heads Stuck Firmly in Sand
Jul 15th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Denial is no help, Hassan Butt points out.… Read the rest
Hey, Pope, Lay Off Anglicans, Says Atheist
Jul 15th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘ Listen, Pope, I am inclined to say, two can play at infallibility.’… Read the rest
Ed Husain on Chilling Similarities
Jul 15th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer. One Nation, One State, One Caliph.… Read the rest
Libya Upholds Death Sentences in HIV Case
Jul 11th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The nurses and the doctor have been in jail since 1999 and were first sentenced to death in 2004.… Read the rest
al-Zawahiri Threatens Revenge over Rushdie’s K
Jul 11th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Osama bin Laden’s deputy warned that Britain would be hit with ‘a very precise response.’… Read the rest
Mo Discovers Epistemological Relativism
Jul 11th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We can’t know for sure the 12th imam is not hiding down a well.… Read the rest
Evangelical Blogger Gets 100,000 Readers
Jul 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Brody occupies a position of influence in the 2008 presidential campaign. That’s unfortunate.… Read the rest
Grayling on the Lunatic Fringe of Human Thought
Jul 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
That is why we see scores or hundreds murdered daily for sectarian reasons.… Read the rest
Doctors Can be Religious Loonies Too
Jul 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Now it seems that there really was a doctors’ plot in London and Glasgow.… Read the rest
ALD is Much More Than an Aggregator
Jul 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s both a daily reminder of the riches available in the publications of the world and a map to finding those riches.… Read the rest
School Rejects Boy Named Hell
Jul 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s German, it means ‘bright,’ but a Catholic school in Melbourne would prefer not to.… Read the rest
Eagleton on Rushdie and Other Apostates
Jul 9th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They used to be so cool, now they’re a bunch of Islamophobes; tut tut.… Read the rest
