Hmmm.… 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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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
His blood type made him do it 
Jul 11th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Japanese minister resigns, saying his blood type made him a more abrasive personality and accounted for his rude remarks.… Read the rest
Gaps are closing
Jul 11th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Creationists’ room for manoeuvre, when citing the evidence, continues to diminish.… Read the rest
Cult leader accused of killing child for being “gay”
Jul 11th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The kid was four years old.… Read the rest
Toronto: public schools allow formal prayer services
Jul 10th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Complete with dirty menstruating girls sitting apart at the back.… Read the rest
Faith healers who claim they can cure cancer
Jul 10th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
ThetaHealing have about 600 practitioners in the UK who charge up to £100 per session. … Read the rest
Waldorf Steiner schools and low vaccine uptake
Jul 9th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In anthroposophy, disease is seen as an often necessary event in life and as an opportunity for development and maturation. … Read the rest
“Faith leaders” say RE lessons are at risk
Jul 9th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“Leaders” “representing” Christians, Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists said they were fraffly worried about it.… Read the rest
Support Nadia El Fani and freedom of conscience
Jul 9th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A Tunisian woman who dares to unbelieve in god.… Read the rest
Hundreds protest Islamists in Tunis
Jul 9th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Demonstrators voiced concerns over the influence of the Islamist movement Ennahda which they accuse of speaking “a double language.”… Read the rest
Ex-archbish will miss News of the World
Jul 9th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It was a nice little platform for his reactionary views.… Read the rest
Washington Post on Day Against Stoning
Jul 8th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
International Day Against Stoning on July 11 to demand Sakineh Ashtiani’s immediate release and an end to stoning in Iran.… Read the rest
Support for International Day against Stoning
Jul 8th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
From Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Nigeria, Sweden, and more.… Read the rest
Update on Ashtiani case
Jul 8th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The International Committee against Stoning has received reports from within the prison that Ashtiani has attempted suicide.… Read the rest
Against religious freedom
Jul 7th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Austin Dacey and Colin Kroposke argue that there are workable, constructive alternatives to the automatic accommodation of religion as such.… Read the rest
Iran escalates use of capital punishment
Jul 7th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The mullahs are fighting to prevent pro-democracy movements from taking hold in the country.… Read the rest
Marcotte on another round of Silence the Feminist
Jul 7th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It has it all; Sarah Palin’s PR team would be proud.… Read the rest
Why Harrods won’t be hiring PZ
Jul 7th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Full makeup at all time: base, blusher, full eyes (not too heavy), lipstick, lip liner and gloss are worn at all time and maintained discreetly.… Read the rest
14 Fox News propaganda tricks
Jul 7th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And not just Fox News, either.… Read the rest
Court orders immediate end to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Jul 6th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A federal court ruled the US military has to immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform.… Read the rest
