“I can confirm that this is the work of the Taliban,” the Helmand provincial governor’s spokesman told AFP.
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.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
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Afghan actress Sahar Parniyan gets death threats
Parniyan used to perform in Afghan TV shows with Benafsha who was murdered during Eid. She’s been told she’s the next target to be assassinated.
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Scotland: Catholic church still meddling
Priests have read out a letter in each of the Church’s parishes in Scotland criticising the Scottish government for plans to introduce same-sex marriage.
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From Bible-Belt Pastor to Atheist Leader
Jerry DeWitt refuses to leave DeRidder, a place where religion, politics and family pride are indivisible.
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Glendon Mellow on Surly Amy and the Charms of Reason
Science is an unending river of inspiration for artists in the same way that art can be inspiring to science.
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Men have to be part of feminism
Men have to be part of feminism because societal gender stereotypes affect them as well as us.
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Homo Orthodoxus ruining Russia
This God does not make any moral demands on his chosen followers but gives them full authority to make such demands on everybody else.
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A draft manifesto to promote ethical atheism
Michael Nugent offers an attempt to combine the best of our existing ideas into a set of principles and aims that all ethical atheists can promote.
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Mo desperately seeking Jesus
Where did he go?
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New Statesman blog on Atheism+
The nascent movement that might be the most exciting thing to hit the world of unbelief since Dawkins teamed up with Hitchens to diss god.
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Social rejection can fuel creativity
Research supports this idea. The need to be seen as separate from others within a group enhances both nonconformity and creativity.
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US: rapists have parental rights in 31 states
Men who father through rape are able to assert the same custody and visitation rights to their children that other fathers enjoy.
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Akin blames “liberal elite”
He means the Republicans who are telling him to drop his Senate campaign.
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Tony Nicklinson dead of starvation
He lost his High Court case to allow doctors to end his life last week, so he refused food. A horrible way to die.
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Evangelical preacher told woman not to report abuse
“In his email, he said to me it was important that Christians keep the testimony of the Church and therefore protect the institution.”
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Jacques Rousseau on atheism+
We’d agree about being decent people, but not necessarily agree on how to do that.
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Michael Nugent offers 5 ways you can help Alex Aan
Write to him, talk to politicians, start or support a campaign initiative, keep campaigning.
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Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy could get death penalty
Neighborhood bullies told all the Christians to get out.
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German rabbi charged for performing circumcisions
The chief prosecutor of Hof confirmed that charges had been filed against the rabbi.
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Soraya Chemaly on Todd Akin
Akin’s statement and philosophy are consistent with conservative’s deep mistrust of women.