‘The women say that their penalty would help fight illicit behaviour in the Muslim-majority country.’
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Michael Ruse Reviews ‘What Darwin Got Wrong’
‘A whole book putting in the boot and absolutely no serious understanding of where the boot is aimed.’
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Orac on Andreas Moritz
What is it with cranks and trying to shut down criticism?
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Mary Midgley Reviews ‘What Darwin Got Wrong’
There is now no need to ‘privilege’ natural selection over ‘a crowd of other possible causes.’
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Photographer Busted for ‘Insulting the Uzbek People’
Umida Akhmedova was accused of denigrating her country in her work on poverty and the condition of women.
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Jesus and Mo Are Offended by Elton John
For different reasons.
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‘Medical Intuitive’ Threatens to Sue Bloggers
Says his friend Deepak Chopra is considering suing too.
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The Vatican Itself Helped Spawn the Problem
By hushing upclerical abuse and putting its own prestige above the welfare of millions of children.
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BBC Totally Excited: Pope Might Do TFD
‘A papal broadcast would delight BBC executives and the country’s four million Catholics.’
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BBC on Pope’s Meeting With Irish Bishops
Pope invited bishops ‘to explain why so many cases had been systematically covered up.’
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Martin Ssempa Screens Gay Porn Film in Church
In attempt to gain support for vicious new legislation.
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MSF Cites Bangladesh for Rohingya Crackdown
‘We have treated many victims of violent attacks, who tell us they have been beaten by police.’
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Does the US Need a Special Envoy to the OIC?
The OIC is dedicated to supplementing the UDHR with a sharia-compliant version.
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Reversing Female Genital Mutilation
At least 77,000 women and girls in the UK have been mutilated; around 24,000 girls are at risk.
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Papal Nuncio Refuses to Testify on Child Abuse
People in Ireland find this annoying; meanwhile, the pope continues to shed crocodile tears.
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BBC Presenter Arrested in Assisted Suicide
‘We had a pact – he said if the pain gets bad and if nothing can be done, don’t let him linger on.’
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Guilty Plea in Chinese Herbal ‘Cancer’ Case
The sale of ‘traditional Chinese medicines’ is entirely unregulated, so no one is to blame.
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Women in Philosophy
They are scarce. Why?
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Poland: 22d Exorcists’ Congress Meets
Participants argued that demonology lessons should be treated more seriously in seminaries.
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Scotland: Violence Against Women is Justified
Most students said it was justified if the woman had an affair, or if she was late in making the tea.
