Inexplicably, he still assumes he is a moral authority.
Category: Latest News
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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
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Therapists want to be free to…whatever
Fox, henhouse.
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Psychotherapists must address failure of self-regulation
Thousands of psychotherapists are considering adopting new titles to avoid government regulation.
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More impressive eloquence from George Pitcher
“I’ve had a right ear-bashing from Nicky’s press office in the past for describing his atheism as ‘numbskull’.”
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MEMRI on Iran’s enforcement of hijab
“Sister, sister, the reward for wearing the hijab is Paradise,” “Violating the Islamic dress code leads to the spread of corruption.”
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Michael Totten talks to Paul Berman
The Flight of the Intellectuals begins and ends with Tariq Ramadan, who has been glorifed by the people who talk trash about Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
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George Rekers resigns in wake of rent boy fuss
Dan Savage suggests that the term “whatever floats your boat” be changed to “whatever lifts your luggage”.
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The new war between science and religion
This one pits those who argue that science and religion are compatible worldviews against those who think they are not.
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Rick Ungar on Palin’s ignorance of history
The truth is that nowhere in the United States Constitution can you find the word “God”.
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Lars Vilks attacked during free speech lecture
Uppsala police say about 20 people tried to attack Vilks. He was shoved into a wall, but is unhurt.
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Kenan Malik reviews What Darwin Got Wrong
Ironically, it is Fodor and Piattelli-Palmarini who confuse artificial and natural selection.
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Theory was no hoax
It was intended as the most imperialist of cognitive campaigns, having designs on all the disciplines.
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NHS survey asks: how cool was Hitler?
Dude, he was wicked cool.
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The right to have rights
A major fundamentalist strategy globally is blaming social problems on a “decline in morality” or the “disintegration of the family.”
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Sam Harris has been reading the Ryan report
And considering the ludicrous ideology that made the church’s abuse of children possible.
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Cultural attitudes drive HIV infections in Africa
Because a man buys a wife from her father for cows or cash, he “owns” her. If she refuses sex or insists on a condom, he may beat her.
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And pigs may have wings
“Pope’s visit to Portgual may shed light on Third Secret of Fatima.”
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Texas’s creationist dentist
Don McLeroy’s views would matter little were he not chairman of the Texas State Board of Education.
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Ireland: no secularism in education
The credibility of all churches were damaged by the Ryan and Murphy reports, therefore…um…
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Sholto Byrnes regrets the loss of Evan Harris
Harris has not trimmed and tacked to the centre-right as New Labour did.