If confirmed, the win means Democrats hold both houses of Congress.… 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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Democrats Win House of Representatives 
Nov 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tester (Democrat) wins Montana, giving Democrats 50 seats in Senate.… Read the rest
Iranian TV Star Faces Lashing for Having Sex
Nov 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Police investigating her for suspected breach of Iran’s strict laws forbidding sex outside marriage. … Read the rest
Trial in Indonesia for Schoolgirl Beheading
Nov 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Suspected Muslim militant accused in the beheadings of three Christian girls on Sulawesi island.… Read the rest
Mark Bauerlein on Michael Bérubé
Nov 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘When substantive points are recast as lapses in decency, outsiders have no chance.’… Read the rest
Bertie Ahern Seeks Children’s Rights Referendum
Nov 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Admitted Ireland had frequently failed to protect its children from abuse and neglect in the past. … Read the rest
Blair Says Creationism is no Biggy
Nov 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Told scientists their worries about creationism were exaggerated; they felt lots better.… Read the rest
Media Yawn at Violence Against Women
Nov 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women by the millions are systematically targeted for attack because they are women; ho hum.… Read the rest
Eric Alterman on Salah Choudhury
Nov 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
MSM ignoring the case, leaving it to right-wingers and Jewish-oriented publications. What’s up with that?… Read the rest
Archbishops Attack Secularism
Nov 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Claim ‘public atheism is itself an intolerant faith position.’… Read the rest
Archbishops Back New ‘Theos’ Think Tank
Nov 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Director of Theos, Paul Woolley, said the overall aim is to put God ‘back’ into the public domain.… Read the rest
Round-up of Resistance to Silencing
Nov 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jeff Weintraub, Jeff Jarvis, Piet Dorsman, AI, Reporters Without Borders.… Read the rest
‘Faith’ Schools Allowed to Discriminate
Nov 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Government drops long-standing legal bans on discrimination against staff who have different or no religion.… Read the rest
Hitchens Attends Arendt Centenary Conference
Nov 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘What an awful season of pseudo-fights and distractions.’… Read the rest
Grayling Puts Religion on the Stage
Nov 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Grayling and director Mick Gordon co-wrote play with contributions from theologians, clerics, atheists.… Read the rest
Lack of Clarity About Multiculturalism
Nov 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Many anti-racists are so used to resisting attacks on minorities that they will defend all differences.… Read the rest
Multiculturalism Discussed
Nov 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Candace Allen, Ted Cantle, Dreda Say Mitchell.… Read the rest
U-turn on ‘Faith’ Schools Explained
Nov 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Incompatible goals meet, tangle, thrash about, retire to corners again.… Read the rest
