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Inevitably links go out of date.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.


NHS Doctor Told Patient She Needed Exorcism *

Nov 9th, 2006 | Filed by

Said she had ‘something sinister’ moving in her stomach and was ‘possessed by evil.’… Read the rest



Rumsfeld Resigns *

Nov 8th, 2006 | Filed by

So long.… Read the rest



Democrats Win House of Representatives *

Nov 8th, 2006 | Filed by

Tester (Democrat) wins Montana, giving Democrats 50 seats in Senate.… Read the rest



Iranian TV Star Faces Lashing for Having Sex *

Nov 8th, 2006 | Filed by

Police investigating her for suspected breach of Iran’s strict laws forbidding sex outside marriage. … Read the rest



Trial in Indonesia for Schoolgirl Beheading *

Nov 8th, 2006 | Filed by

Suspected Muslim militant accused in the beheadings of three Christian girls on Sulawesi island.… Read the rest



Mark Bauerlein on Michael Bérubé *

Nov 8th, 2006 | Filed by

‘When substantive points are recast as lapses in decency, outsiders have no chance.’… Read the rest



Bertie Ahern Seeks Children’s Rights Referendum *

Nov 8th, 2006 | Filed by

Admitted Ireland had frequently failed to protect its children from abuse and neglect in the past. … Read the rest



Media Yawn at Violence Against Women *

Nov 7th, 2006 | Filed by

Women by the millions are systematically targeted for attack because they are women; ho hum.… Read the rest



Eric Alterman on Salah Choudhury *

Nov 7th, 2006 | Filed by

MSM ignoring the case, leaving it to right-wingers and Jewish-oriented publications. What’s up with that?… Read the rest



Archbishops Attack Secularism *

Nov 7th, 2006 | Filed by

Claim ‘public atheism is itself an intolerant faith position.’… Read the rest



Archbishops Back New ‘Theos’ Think Tank *

Nov 7th, 2006 | Filed by

Director of Theos, Paul Woolley, said the overall aim is to put God ‘back’ into the public domain.… Read the rest



Meet Theos *

Nov 7th, 2006 | Filed by

The public theology think tank.… Read the rest



Round-up of Resistance to Silencing *

Nov 7th, 2006 | Filed by

Jeff Weintraub, Jeff Jarvis, Piet Dorsman, AI, Reporters Without Borders.… Read the rest



Blair Says Creationism is no Biggy *

Nov 7th, 2006 | Filed by

Told scientists their worries about creationism were exaggerated; they felt lots better.… Read the rest



Grayling Puts Religion on the Stage *

Nov 6th, 2006 | Filed by

Grayling and director Mick Gordon co-wrote play with contributions from theologians, clerics, atheists.… Read the rest



Lack of Clarity About Multiculturalism *

Nov 6th, 2006 | Filed by

Many anti-racists are so used to resisting attacks on minorities that they will defend all differences.… Read the rest



Multiculturalism Discussed *

Nov 6th, 2006 | Filed by

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Candace Allen, Ted Cantle, Dreda Say Mitchell.… Read the rest



‘Faith’ Schools Allowed to Discriminate *

Nov 6th, 2006 | Filed by

Government drops long-standing legal bans on discrimination against staff who have different or no religion.… Read the rest



Hitchens Attends Arendt Centenary Conference *

Nov 6th, 2006 | Filed by

‘What an awful season of pseudo-fights and distractions.’… Read the rest



U-turn on ‘Faith’ Schools Explained *

Nov 5th, 2006 | Filed by

Incompatible goals meet, tangle, thrash about, retire to corners again.… Read the rest