If Singh accuses the BCA of defamation they will have to justify their allegation as a fact.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Open Parachute on 50 Voices of Disbelief
Defending science, respect, sensitivity of religious belief, defending scientific epistemology, and more.
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BCA Claims Singh ‘Maliciously Attacked’ BCA
‘BCA would never seek to stifle legitimate open scientific debate.’ Oh obviously not.
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BCA Alleged Malice in Simon Singh Case
‘This is a shocking and serious (and indeed defamatory) accusation.’
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How Humans Dispersed from Africa
We don’t know for sure, there is dispute, the evidence is incomplete – so far.
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Unsafe Abortions Kill 70,000 Women a Year
Almost all the unsafe abortions were in less developed countries with restrictive abortion laws.
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Science and Religion: Some Conflicts
The Church of England issued a posthumous apology to Darwin last year…
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Faith Based Discrimination
2002 presidential directive authorized federally-funded faithy programs to hire and fire on religious grounds.
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UK: Madrasas Should Be Regulated
Khalid Mahmood, Birmingham MP, says proper regulations are needed to protect children.
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Simon Singh Wins Ruling in Libel Case
Eady’s decision reversed; had risked swinging the balance of rights too far against free speech.
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Basava Premanand1930-2009
Publisher of Indian Skeptic magazine; a skeptic and rationalist to the end.
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Susan Jacoby on Karen Armstrong
‘In the end, her arguments for the divine always boil down to “it’s a mystery.”‘
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Paula Kirby Looks for Evidence
Skepticism is not an open-mindedness that says, ‘I can imagine it, therefore it must be possible’.
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Conservapedeists Re-write the Bible
Have changed ‘Pharisees’ to ‘Liberals.’
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Christchurch Libraries Blog on Does God H.W.
A joy to read it is not! Give it a try, but prepare to be upset.
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50 Voices of Disbelief Published in UK
Now for the controversy to begin…
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Xianity Must Become More Like Islam to Prosper
Islam is strong because it believes in itself. Christianity should be like that.
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Ben Goldacre on Journalistic Malfeasance
He talked to the source. She says she did not say what the Express reported she said.
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Jesus and Mo on Pre-emptive Self-censorship
By anticipating violence, these publishers brand a whole community as violent. It’s infuriating!
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Ibn Warraq on the Egypt-US HRC Resolution
How did the US get involved in this denial of the basic principles of free speech and thought?
