Who is giving out blanket condemnations of whom?… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Secular Hospitals Recommended 
Jan 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Panel recommends that France adopt a charter to keep religious traditions out of hospitals.… Read the rest
President Jammeh of Gambia Undertakes Cures
Jan 29th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I can treat asthma and HIV/Aids and the cure is a day’s treatment.’… Read the rest
Persecution of Baha’is of Iran
Jan 29th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Report finds more persecution since election of Ahmadinejad and resurgence of other conservatives.… Read the rest
Lawrence Summers Notes That Science Matters
Jan 29th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is an increasing move away from respecting the scientific method in US schools.… Read the rest
Poll Shows Some Interesting Views
Jan 29th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
74% of young Muslims think women should wear the hijab. 31% think apostates should be killed.… Read the rest
Grayling Replies to Bunting
Jan 29th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If this were 1950s Ireland, Bunting might not be writing anything.… Read the rest
Blair Rules Out Exemption for Catholics
Jan 29th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Kelly cites both sides’ ‘passionately held views, expressed with real conviction.’… Read the rest
RCC the Representative of Liberty as Such
Jan 29th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
William Rees-Mogg notes how English Mill seems, how un-English Kant was.… Read the rest
Doctor Urges Muslims to Avoid ‘un-Islamic’ Vaccines
Jan 28th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Breast-feed as the Koran says, eat Koranic food like olives, do ablution; you will have a strong defence system.… Read the rest
Church Now Plans to Create ‘Gay Rights Martyrs’
Jan 28th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Will break law rather than close adoption agencies, then cite HR Act on freedom of religious expression. … Read the rest
Cardinal Tries to Explain – but What is ‘Conscience’?
Jan 28th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘This is about the rights of the government to legislate, but is also about the rights of conscience.’… Read the rest
Hitchens Reviews Cohen
Jan 28th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cohen started out trying to defend the honour of the left, and attempting to appeal to its better traditions. … Read the rest
After Village Gang-rape, Mukhtar Fought Back
Jan 28th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Such was her sense of outrage and injustice that she refused to commit suicide.… Read the rest
Church Appears Profoundly Un-Christian
Jan 27th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Catholic Church, like many historic religious bodies, is not at the bottom of the heap.… Read the rest
MCB Divided Over Holocaust Day
Jan 27th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Organisations such as the Islamic Foundation and the British Muslim Forum will be represented.… Read the rest
Call it Primitive Multi-culturalism
Jan 27th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We grant the greatest respect, in fact a moral privilege, to conscience.’ But what is ‘conscience’?… Read the rest
Dublin Imam Talks Sense, Gets Death Threats
Jan 27th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Anti-apartheid activist fled Islamist death threats in South Africa, was shocked to find MB in Dublin.… Read the rest
The Moral Maze on ‘Conscience’ and the Law
Jan 27th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Johann Hari rocks.… Read the rest
Vietnamese PM Visits Vatican
Jan 26th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Seen as sign of future ‘diplomatic relations’ between Hanoi and Vatican. So much for secularism.… Read the rest
