It’s so touching when one bigotry trumps another.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Creationism On The Rise In UK? 
Apr 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A teacher’s union says it is.… Read the rest
Religious Pharmacists Refuse to Do Their Jobs
Apr 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Latest manifestation of the religious right’s growing political reach.… Read the rest
Illinois Governor Files Emergency Rule
Apr 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Outlaws precription refusal by pharmacists. ‘No delays. No hassles. No lecture.’… Read the rest
Republicans Worried About Flight From Reason?
Apr 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Judge Greer needs bodyguards, Judge Birch reminds Congress of role of Constitution.… Read the rest
Zahra Kazemi Was Gang-Raped
Mar 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Doctor who has left Iran tells Die Zeit that Kazemi was raped and tortured.… Read the rest
Rape, Torture, and Lies
Mar 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dr. Shahram Azam found a skull fracture, wounds, bruises all over Kazemi’s body.… Read the rest
Kazemi was Tortured and Raped
Mar 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Doctor’s account contradicts Iran’s official position that death was caused by a fall. … Read the rest
Dr Azam to Speak at Ottawa Press Conference
Mar 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Azam told the Globe he wants to renew worldwide attention on Kazemi’s case.… Read the rest
Muslim Thinker Calls For End To Brutal Punishments
Mar 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tariq Ramadan has called for a moratorium on corporal punishment, stoning and the death penalty in the Muslim world.… Read the rest
Krugman on Religious Extremism
Mar 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jeb Bush sent cops to seize Schiavo; Judge in case needs armed bodyguards.… Read the rest
Yet Another Twist in Schiavo Case
Mar 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Appeals court agrees to hear petition to re-insert feeding tube.… Read the rest
Mugabe: Opposition Victory Will Not Be Tolerated
Mar 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Robert Mugabe called the Zimbabwean opposition “traitors” yesterday.… Read the rest
BBC Governors Reject Springer Opera Complaints
Mar 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dissenter disagreed that artistic significance outweighed offence caused.… Read the rest
DFW Science Museum to Show ‘Volcanoes’
Mar 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Reverses bad decision to heed complaints of evolutionphobic whiners.… Read the rest
Armageddon is Fun and Entertaining
Mar 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why does Jesus decide to wear a dress while riding a horse? And other puzzles.… Read the rest
Fear of ‘Playing God’ on Only One Side of Equation
Mar 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ignoring patient wishes for no heroic measures is perfectly all right. … Read the rest
What’s Up With Harvard? And Larry Summers?
Mar 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is it all a ‘cleavage between coastal elites and certain mainstream values’?… Read the rest
IMAX Nixes Darwin for Fear of ‘Offending’
Mar 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Decision also affects science museums.… Read the rest
Trivers’ Rhetoric of Maximum Affront
Mar 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Trivers’s legendary papers of the early 1970s changed many disciplines.… Read the rest
