Religious people are superstitious! Crimes are committed by criminals! Cat owners have pets!… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
‘Faith Crime’ Under Investigation 
Aug 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gay Police Association has ’caused offence’ to Christians by linking Bible to homophobic violence.… Read the rest
Deleuzo-Guattarian Military ‘Operational Theory’
Aug 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Naveh references such canonical elements of urban theory as the Situationist practices of dérive.’… Read the rest
Hitchens on Mel Gibson
Aug 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘He spoke this way because of his religion, not just his warped personality.’… Read the rest
Christian Police Association’s ‘Prayer Watch’
Aug 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Police and Christian groups in Lincolnshire plan to fight crime with the ‘power of prayer.’ … Read the rest
Terry Glavin on Stoppers in Canada
Aug 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Support for Hezbollah marks ‘one of the most squalid months in the history of the “left” in Canada.’… Read the rest
Evolution Opponents Lose Kansas Board Majority
Aug 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Kansas voters set stage for return of science teaching that broadly accepts theory of evolution.… Read the rest
John Gray Welcomes Return of Religion
Aug 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘It is time Paine, Marx and other secular prophets were gently shelved in the stacks.’… Read the rest
The Health Effects of Illiteracy
Aug 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Many researchers describe low literacy as a silent epidemic.… Read the rest
Optimistic View of Bush’s Stem Cell Veto
Aug 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Medical progress has stirred religious and moral objections throughout history.… Read the rest
Sunny Hundal on the Brick Lane Fuss
Aug 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘This controversy has all the elements of being conjured up and playing along expected lines.’… Read the rest
Wheel Successfully Reinvented
Aug 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Postpositivist realists discover what philosophers of science already knew.… Read the rest
Bookburners Don’t Speak for All of Brick Lane
Aug 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Journalists don’t talk to women, for a start.… Read the rest
Novelists ‘Hit Back’ at Brick Lane Whiners
Aug 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Novelists have attacked community groups, the police and the media.’ Attacked?… Read the rest
Hitchens on Tom Paine
Aug 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lincoln used to deploy arguments from The Age of Reason in his disputes with religious sectarians.… Read the rest
Iranian Student Leader Dies in Hunger Strike
Aug 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Akbar Mohammadi was on hunger strike to demand his release.… Read the rest
When Dry Drunks Go Bad
Aug 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They drive dangerously and rave about Jews.… Read the rest
Johann Hari on the Brick Lane Fuss
Aug 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s about men silencing women.… Read the rest
Ramin Jahanbegloo and Universal Values
Aug 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Cross-cultural learning’ is a more effective method than imposition by force.… Read the rest
Julian Baggini on ‘Start the Week’
Jul 31st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Chatting about whether you think what you think you think. … Read the rest
