Members of communities which practice exorcism say it is not necessarily harmful. … 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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‘In our community, kindoki happens’ 
Jun 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Kindoki is something you have to be scared of because in our culture kindoki can kill you’… Read the rest
Police to Investigate ‘Witchcraft’ Child Abuse
Jun 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Child welfare groups warn there may be dozens of such cases. … Read the rest
Meanwhile, in Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen
Jun 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fiction about Schrödinger: physics unconvincing as narrative.… Read the rest
Shaima Rezayee or Shabina Begum
Jun 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cultural imperialism analysis forbids people to change.… Read the rest
Murder of Afghan TV Presenter Shaima Rezayee
Jun 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Two months after complaints from religious hardliners got her fired.… Read the rest
Rezayee Got Flak From Conservative Mullahs
Jun 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Two of her brothers being questioned in police detention about her murder.… Read the rest
Reporters Without Borders Voice Shock
Jun 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rezayee murder shows press freedom still threatened in Afghanistan.… Read the rest
UNESCO Head Condemns Rezayee Murder
Jun 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Murder cannot be considered an instrument for cultural policy.… Read the rest
A Woman’s Life
Jun 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Deprived of five years of school, fired for man’s comment, shot in head.… Read the rest
John Mullan on Raymond Williams
Jun 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He was arguing with what he took ‘to be the official English culture.’… Read the rest
Smithsonian Disavows ‘Intelligent Design’
Jun 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
James Randi and science blogs asked questions.… Read the rest
Why Intelligent Design Isn’t
Jun 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Biologist Allen Orr on Behe and Dembski.… Read the rest
Full Transcript of Hitchens Brothers
Jun 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Much longer.… Read the rest
Ability to Force Bibles on Ill People Threatened
Jun 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s outrageous, political correctness gone mad, Gideon pest exclaims.… Read the rest
Cult Studs Textbooks Reviewed
Jun 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cultural studies often called academic in-joke irrelevant to anyone else.… Read the rest
Aftermath of AUT Boycott Vote
Jun 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sue Blackwell and Steven Rose say fight is not over.… Read the rest
Hitchens, Greer on Start the Week [audio]
Jun 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hitchens talks of Galloway and LFIQ debate.… Read the rest
Why Did Dickens and Andersen Friendship Sour?
Jun 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Probably because Andersen kept eating all the toast.… Read the rest
Why Could Democrats Not Save the Estate Tax?
Jun 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Because they kept moving the goalposts rightwards.… Read the rest
