Trojan Horse of ID has entered the city, scary religious imbeciles are now spilling out.… 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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Richard Dawkins Urges: Start Shouting 
Aug 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Millions of atheists out there are too frightened to come out and admit it.… Read the rest
Starry Booker Prize Longlist
Aug 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Barnes, McEwan, Rushdie, Ishiguro, Smith A, Smith Z, Coetzee, Mantel, Banville.… Read the rest
Olivier Roy on the Confusion of Issues
Aug 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The real goal of Islamist terrorism is destruction of political integration.… Read the rest
Ehsan Masood on Hizb-ut-Tahrir
Aug 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Many parents, asked about the ban, are likely to wonder what took Blair so long.… Read the rest
Indigenous Groups Object to Genographic Research
Aug 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘What is the point of challenging generations of oral history and spiritual belief?’… Read the rest
There Are No Brakes You Can Apply
Aug 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Frozen peat bog in Siberia is melting, will release billions of tons of methane.… Read the rest
The Thaw Will Speed Global Warming
Aug 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Knock-on effects could make temperatures around the world rise faster and faster.… Read the rest
Climate Warming as Siberia Melts
Aug 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The entire western Siberian sub-Arctic region has begun to melt.… Read the rest
Chris Mooney on the Discovery Institute
Aug 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
ID hawkers say public schools should ‘teach the controversy’ they themselves have manufactured.… Read the rest
Enough With the Retreads of Frankenstein Myth
Aug 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Enough caricatures of mad-scientists wanting powers reserved only for God.… Read the rest
The Republican War on Science
Aug 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Chris Mooney’s new book. … Read the rest
‘Teach the Controversy’
Aug 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Evolution as the theory of a powerful elite that suppresses legitimate dissent.… Read the rest
Toledo Blade Reports Cover Up
Aug 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says police helped Catholic Diocese of Toledo cover up sex abuse allegations.… Read the rest
‘Popetown’ Released on DVD
Aug 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bishop, without seeing it, declared series an irreverent attack on the faith.… Read the rest
Ahmadiyya Offices Shut Down in Pakistan
Aug 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We have booked them for propagating material offensive to people of other faiths.’… Read the rest
Witchcraft Accusations in India
Aug 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Villagers often approve of the torture meted out to these women.’… Read the rest
Finkelstein and Dershowitz Are at Odds
Aug 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Over Zionism, anti-Semitism, hyperbole, plagiarism, personal charges, and more.… Read the rest
Denis MacEoin on Hizb ut-Tahrir
Aug 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It derides democracy as a western evil and justifies the execution of apostates.… Read the rest
Irshad Manji on Multiculturalism as Orthodoxy
Aug 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Neither watery word ‘tolerance’ nor slippery phrase ‘mutual respect’ will cut it.… Read the rest
