Has no regrets about his cartoon, ‘which deeply offended many Muslims,’ says NY Times piously.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Vatican’s Chief Exorcist: Devil is in the Vatican
The evil influence of Satan is evident in the highest ranks of the Catholic hierarchy, he said.
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NWFP: Terrorists Murder Six Aid Workers
World Vision said the office was targeted because it was running programs to help women.
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Barney Zwartz on the Global Atheist Convention
Self-indulgent, disdain, blinkered self-congratulation, militant, noisy, inexorable sense of superiority.
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Massimo Pigliucci on Pseudo-metaphysics
‘Ingeniously put together? By whom? And by what criterion of “ingenuity?”’
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Muslim Woman Councillor Defies Death Threats
Shiria Khatun says, ‘We live in a democratic society and I have the right to dress how I like.’
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Irish Arrests Over Plot to Kill Lars Vilks
The usual thuggish bullying stupidity.
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Germany: Reformers Want Pope to Speak Up
The pope should say exactly what he knew about widespread allegations of abuse by clerics in Regensburg.
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Paula Kirby on Catholics Dictating Terms
Democracy is not one person, one vote plus however many extra votes you’d like on behalf of your invisible friend.
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Leo Igwe on the Crisis in Jos
What we have in Plateau state is a situation where militant Islam has led to the emergence of militant Christianity.
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Michael Ruse on Philosophers on Darwin
An increasingly vocal cadre of eminent philosophers has doubts about Darwin – but they ignore biology.
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Living Proof of the Armenian Genocide
An orphanage of terror in which Armenian children were systematically deprived of their Armenian identity.
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Taner Edis: Theocracy is not the Issue
Oh but it is.
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How Templeton Works: the Rod Dreher Example
Templeton creates a climate in which journalists who take a certain line can expect sizable rewards.
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More Religious Slaughter in Jos, Nigeria
Over 500 dead, most of them women and children hacked to death by machete wielding gangs.
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Pope Faces New Pressure to Meet Victims
Bishop cites public anger at pomp and ceremony when the Irish bishops knelt to kiss the Pope’s ring.
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Australia: Muslim ‘Leader’ Wants a Bit of Sharia
‘We are not calling for the introduction of the penal system which calls for cutting off hands.’ Ah.
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Terry Sanderson on Religious Influence on Politics
The constant nagging from ‘faith leaders’ about their neglect does seem to be having an effect on politicians.
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Defectors Say Church of Scientology Hides Abuse
The church says defectors are ‘apostates.’
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Home-school Textbooks Dismiss Evolution
‘If this is the way kids are home-schooled then they’re being shortchanged, both rationally and in terms of biology.’
