Actually, no.… 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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Bush admin “conscience” rules revised 
Feb 26th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
2008 rule granted sweeping protections to health care providers who opposed abortion, sterilization and other medical procedures on religious or moral grounds.… Read the rest
Can we talk about Muslim homophobia now?
Feb 26th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Yes, it is “Muslim culture” today to be bigoted against gay people. It was British culture to be anti-gay thirty years ago. Cultures change.… Read the rest
Priests rape nuns in order to avoid Aids
Feb 26th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Forced to acknowledge the problem, the Vatican has tried to play down its gravity.… Read the rest
A miscarriage could be a felony
Feb 26th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A Georgia legislator has introduced a bill that would make miscarriages and abortions potentially punishable by death.… Read the rest
Atheists are so stooooopid
Feb 25th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“According to Scripture, the evidence for God is overwhelming.”… Read the rest
Jonathan Derbyshire on philosophy for the public
Feb 25th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A growing number of professional philosophers are realising that rigour and accessibility need not be mutually exclusive.… Read the rest
Kadyrov looking for 2d wife, can’t find pretty one
Feb 25th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Chechen leader has described women as the property of their husbands and says their main role is to bear children.… Read the rest
Lysenko’s tomb: Darwin, Dawkins and the left
Feb 25th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Misunderstanding the selfish gene, decade after decade.… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo and Moses don’t want to be specks
Feb 25th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Therefore god.… Read the rest
Jerry Coyne wins FFRF Emperor has no clothes award
Feb 25th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Yes really.… Read the rest
Hitchens on Obama on Arab uprisings
Feb 25th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Obama administration contrived to come up with an argument that maximized every form of feebleness.… Read the rest
High school atheists organize, schools resist
Feb 25th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Atheists are the most distrusted and disliked of all minority groups in the US – more than blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Muslims, immigrants, and gays and lesbians.… Read the rest
Abortion is not an option in Chile
Feb 24th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Catholic church has a stranglehold on Chile.… Read the rest
ICC charges initiated against Ratzinger
Feb 24th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Two German lawyers have initiated charges against the pope at the International Criminal Court, alleging crimes against humanity.… Read the rest
Man convicted in “honor killing” of his daughter
Feb 24th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He ran over her with his car because she refused an arranged marriage.… Read the rest
British teenager escapes forced marriage
Feb 24th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But many others don’t escape.… Read the rest
Isn’t atheist morality a leap of faith?
Feb 24th, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No. Secular morality is an improvement on religious morality – one might even call it intelligently designed.… Read the rest
Ryan Doyle on Tarek Fatah
Feb 23rd, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
People can disagree on almost everything and still be friends.… Read the rest
Mona Eltahawy on the Muslim Brotherhood
Feb 23rd, 2011 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Through a network of clerics, the Mubarak regime used conservative interpretations of Islam to fight the Muslim Brotherhood.… Read the rest
