You can’t stay here. Get out. The men can see you. Go in there. You can’t come in here.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Jesus Wants to Argue with the Barmaid 
Jun 8th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But when it comes to Swinburne on suffering, he finds it difficult.… Read the rest
Dutch Labour Party Tells Member to Shut Up
Jun 7th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ehsan Jami is fighting for the rights and safety of Muslim ‘apostates.’… Read the rest
Democratic Candidates Trot Out Their ‘Faith’
Jun 7th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Faith (applause) sin (applause) sinner (applause) evil (applause) courage (applause).… Read the rest
Did Brownback Realize What He Was Saying?
Jun 7th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Doesn’t somebody at the Times keep an eye out for gross errors of fact on the editorial pages?’… Read the rest
Zeynep Pamuk Wins Philosophy Olympics
Jun 7th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Orhan Pamuk’s niece wins with her article on Spinoza’s coception of a state.… Read the rest
Afghan Woman Radio Journalist Murdered
Jun 6th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Another woman silenced, another journalist silenced, another triumph for men with guns.… Read the rest
Woman TV Journalist Murdered in Afghanistan
Jun 6th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Shakiba Sanga Amaj, associated with the private Shamshad TV channel, was killed at home in Kabul.… Read the rest
RSF Shocked at Murder of Zakia Zaki
Jun 6th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Zaki ran Peace Radio and was head of a local school; received death threats after criticizing Taliban.… Read the rest
Sami Zubaida on Many Faces of Multiculturalism
Jun 6th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Diverse Muslims are totalised into a ‘Muslim community’ as if religion were the essence of identity.… Read the rest
Pascal Bruckner on Sarkozy and Kouchner
Jun 6th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The battle of the preferable against the detestable is preferable to a crusade of Good against Evil.… Read the rest
Postmodernismen raserar vårt kunskapsarv
Jun 5th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It sounds better in Swedish.… Read the rest
Katha Pollitt on Internationalist Feminism
Jun 5th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The only Americans who do the heavy lifting on issues of Muslim women’s rights are feminists.… Read the rest
Atheism is a Faith, Chapter 4785
Jun 5th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Faith is a world view, therefore atheism is a faith, and an extreme fundamentalist faith at that.… Read the rest
Clerics Make a Mistake in Pressuring Legislators
Jun 5th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Legislators don’t vote on behalf of the Pope, archbishop, imam or rabbi.… Read the rest
Catholic MPs Under Pressure
Jun 5th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
To vote to restrict abortion, raising fears over the encroachment of religion on women’s rights. … Read the rest
Another Bishop Backs Controls on Women
Jun 4th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
New bill will call for mandatory counselling and a seven day wait before any abortion.… Read the rest
Lee Smolin on the Other Einstein
Jun 4th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not the one in Isaacson’s cozy patronizing mythology.… Read the rest
You Can See Why Atheists Snigger
Jun 4th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The first taste of their own rhetorical medicine reduces the godly to frothing rage.… Read the rest
Islamist Group Offers to Behead Women
Jun 4th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Swords of Truth ‘will cut throats, from vein to vein, if needed to protect the spirit and morals of this nation.’… Read the rest
