70-year-old woman busted for failing to water lawn. Next up: felony conviction for not combing hair.… 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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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Irshad Manji on What Drives Suicide Bombers 
Jul 8th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why airbrush the role that religion plays in the violence carried out under its banner?… Read the rest
Joan Smith on What Political Islam Hates
Jul 4th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Free women and homosexuals, mostly.… Read the rest
It Was Like Being Buried Alive
Jul 4th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I literally dreamed many times of being free and always woke up back in that room.’… Read the rest
Johnston on Epistemology in Gaza
Jul 4th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘They weren’t interested in any kind of truth, they were interested in their world view being put over.’… Read the rest
It Was ‘Ladies Night’ at tigertiger, Hitchens Notes
Jul 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The murderers did not just want body parts in general but female body parts in particular. … Read the rest
Bishops Reveal Their Opinion of the Deity
Jul 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It kills random people in floods to punish someone for allowing gay marriage.… Read the rest
Believers in a Vindictive God
Jul 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The bish and the bomber both follow a god who kills people at random to make a point.… Read the rest
This Just In: Alan Johnston is Free
Jul 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Out of the blue’ an hour ago. I’m listening to him talk live on the World Service now.… Read the rest
The Guardian on Alan Johnston
Jul 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mr Johnston, the only western correspondent working full-time in Gaza, went missing on March 12.… Read the rest
NY Times on Alan Johnston
Jul 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He was been the focus of a worldwide campaign by colleagues — Palestinian, Israeli and foreign. … Read the rest
Just In: Bush Commutes Libby’s Sentence
Jul 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Disgraceful,’ said Senator Harry Reid.… Read the rest
Hrant Dink Murder Trial Begins in Turkey
Jul 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We are all Hrant Dink. We are all Armenians,’ the demonstrators chanted. … Read the rest
Kurdish Officials Support Campaign to Ban FGM
Jul 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Honour violence,’ like genital mutilation, is a common but silenced problem of the region.… Read the rest
Abu-Ghanem Women Speak to the AP
Jul 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Police and social services aren’t willing to take on this battle, and the first victims are women.’… Read the rest
Biologists Dream of a Paradigm Shift
Jul 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In the past few years every element of the modern synthesis has been attacked. … Read the rest
Ed Husain Tries to Reason With Ken [audio]
Jul 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Livingstone refuses to distinguish Muslims from Islamists. [10 minutes in]… Read the rest
Hassan Butt Knows What the Bombs are About
Jul 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s not Iraq, it’s the dream of a revolutionary state that will ‘bring Islamic justice to the world.’… Read the rest
Dawkins Reviews Behe’s Sad Second Book
Jul 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Generations of mathematical geneticists have shown that evolutionary rates are not limited by mutation.… Read the rest
Blair Disses Islamists at Last
Jul 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘It’s not just your methods that are wrong, your ideas are absurd. Nobody is oppressing you. Your sense of grievance isn’t justified.’… Read the rest
