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Inevitably links go out of date.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.


‘Creation Museum’ is Growing *

Mar 12th, 2007 | Filed by

Museum depicts literal reading of Genesis, which describes how God created the world in six days.… Read the rest



M F Burnyeat on Pythagoras *

Mar 12th, 2007 | Filed by

The more arbitrary the discipline, the more it works to reinforce belief in the cause. … Read the rest



Report on Women’s Rights Seminar *

Mar 11th, 2007 | Filed by

Women standing up for their rights against a controlling and often violent religious establishment.… Read the rest



Impunity for Violence Against Women *

Mar 11th, 2007 | Filed by

Look, if a woman never leaves home, she’ll never be raped, so if she’s raped, it’s her fault.… Read the rest



UN Calls for End of Impunity *

Mar 11th, 2007 | Filed by

‘Violence against women is rightly termed the most common but least punished crime in the world.’… Read the rest



Mock Anything Except Religion *

Mar 11th, 2007 | Filed by

Political satire is good fun, but religious satire makes people scamper away in fear.… Read the rest



Anne Barton on Ron Rosenbaum on Shakespeare *

Mar 11th, 2007 | Filed by

The book is being widely read; but it is, in many respects, inaccurate and seriously misleading.… Read the rest



John Gray on The Song Before It Is Sung *

Mar 11th, 2007 | Filed by

‘Humans may fashion their lives, but in some of their most vital decisions they have no choice.’… Read the rest



Johann Hari on Mark Steyn’s Silly Fantasy *

Mar 11th, 2007 | Filed by

A masterclass in how not to resist Islamism.… Read the rest



Evangelicals ‘Speak Out’ Against Gay Rights *

Mar 10th, 2007 | Filed by

Evangelical Alliance says regulations will unfairly jeopardise expression of religion and belief.… Read the rest



Michael Walzer Replies to Jerome Slater *

Mar 10th, 2007 | Filed by

Talk of ‘the political power of American Jews’ is a very dangerous trope.… Read the rest



Johann Hari on Genuinely Comprehensive Schools *

Mar 10th, 2007 | Filed by

Voices of raw class privilege cast off meritocracy to demand privileges for People Like Us.… Read the rest



Jesus and Mo on Certainty and Doubt *

Mar 10th, 2007 | Filed by

The barmaid isn’t so sure.… Read the rest



Jesus and Mo on Knowing all the Answers *

Mar 10th, 2007 | Filed by

Or at least believing you know them. Good enough.… Read the rest



PBS et la Querelle Autour de Mme Einstein *

Mar 9th, 2007 | Filed by

‘Un bien mauvais service à rendre que de réparer les injustices d’hier par des approximations, des demi-vérités, voire de falsifications.’… Read the rest



Gambian Dictator Says He Can Cure AIDS *

Mar 9th, 2007 | Filed by

Only on Thursdays though. Method based on healing properties of seven herbs and Koranic prayers.… Read the rest



‘Faith’ in the State *

Mar 9th, 2007 | Filed by

‘Does the church see itself as the last bulwark against an encroaching tide of liberalism?’… Read the rest



Ehsan Masood on Multiculturalism in Canada *

Mar 9th, 2007 | Filed by

Canada has the Canadian Council of Muslim Women. … Read the rest



Religion and Secularism in Israel *

Mar 9th, 2007 | Filed by

Secular Israelis feel severely constrained by religious strictures. … Read the rest



Nawal Al-Saadawi Takes a Break from Egypt *

Mar 9th, 2007 | Filed by

Sees appeasement of the MB leading to increased religionism in society.… Read the rest