The evangelical tactics used at such camps are on occasions manipulative, and harmful nonsense is promulgated.… 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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Toronto Sun on Markuze investigation
Aug 12th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMarkuze’s mother says “Maybe they don’t understand his message or something.”… Read the rest
Montreal police “goaded” into investigating Markuze
Aug 12th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt’s like this: death threats are death threats.… Read the rest
Montreal police investigating Markuze’s threats
Aug 12th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHe is “accused of making hundreds, if not thousands of deadly threats.” It’s thousands – many, many thousands.… Read the rest
Vatican investigates bishop
Aug 11th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFor protecting child-raping priests? Don’t be silly; for his work with gay organizations.… Read the rest
Vatican threatens priest with dismissal
Aug 11th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFor raping children? Don’t be silly; for supporting the ordination of women.… Read the rest
Anders Breivik’s hatred of women
Aug 11th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHe writes that the “fate of European civilisation depends on European men steadfastly resisting Politically Correct feminism.” … Read the rest
Do You Have A Moment For Fancy Man Rights?
Aug 11th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAllow me to briefly inform you of the pitiable plight of many fancy men across this great nation.… Read the rest
Obama bars US entry for violators of human rights
Aug 10th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe proclamation bars entry of immigrant and non-immigrant aliens who organize or participate in war crimes or serious violations of human rights.… Read the rest
Ryan Lizza on Michele Bachmann
Aug 10th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt is a curiosity that a politician with a history of pushing sectarian religious beliefs in government is a hero to a libertarian movement. … Read the rest
Michele Bachmann’s intellectual influences
Aug 10th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia Benson“She recommended this book on her website for a number of years. It is an
objectively pro-slavery book…”… Read the rest
Supreme Court should limit ‘ministerial exemption’
Aug 10th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe Americans United brief urges the Supreme Court not to deny judicial access to Americans who face discrimination by religious groups.… Read the rest
Warren Jeffs gets life in prison
Aug 9th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFor sexually assaulting two underage girls he nailed in what his church deemed “spiritual marriages.”… Read the rest
Rock Beyond Belief will take place
Aug 9th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia Benson“This just might be the turning point in the foxhole atheist community’s struggle for acceptance, tolerance and respect,” Justin Griffith said.… Read the rest
‘Let’s go Boots?’ ‘No, Body Shop.’
Aug 9th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIf this is the Amadou Diallo moment for Blighty, then why are minorities and the working class the principal victims of “socially excluded” aggression? … Read the rest
Skeptic lawyer on the two cultures redux
Aug 8th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonArguments for the existence of God (or Gods) are not pseudoscientific. They’re just not testable.… Read the rest
Zimbabwe: torture camp discovered
Aug 8th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia Benson“They beat us 40 whips in the morning, 40 in the afternoon and 40 in the evening,” said one victim.… Read the rest
Carl Zimmer on Greenfield and Twitter and a meme
Aug 8th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonI point to the increase in esophageal cancer and I point to The Brady Bunch. That’s all. #greenfieldism… Read the rest
Martin Robbins on Greenfield on Twitter and autism
Aug 8th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIf she is going to make these claims, she needs to be able to back them up with evidence.… Read the rest
The year’s best astronomy photos
Aug 8th, 2011 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFrom the New Scientist.… Read the rest