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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Extra Vitamins Pointless for Most People
And some are bad for you. Eat a healthy diet, skip the pills.
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Dwight Furrow on Sholto Byrnes on Atheism
His entire argument rests on a sophomoric understanding of the work of David Hume.
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Kristof and WuDunn on the Oppression of Women
It’s not news, so it doesn’t get much coverage.
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Athena Andreadis on Others and Numbers
Furniture is useful and can be decorative, but it’s not supposed to move, dammit!
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Michael Weiss on Misogyny as Multiculturalism
How dare two white-skinned Western atheists presume to condemn the Prophet for keeping a 9 year-old bride?
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David Colquhoun Reviews Unscientific America
In the UK the appeasers of crackpot medicine are widespread but appeasement hasn’t worked there either.
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It Is Sudanese Law That Is Offensive
Lubna Hussein was fighting against laws that objectify and seek to control women.
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King’s Fund Reports on Alternative Medicine
An ‘expert report’ can be produced to back any view whatsoever simply by choosing the right ‘experts.’
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NY Times Reporter Freed, Colleague Killed
Stephen Farrell, held by Taliban, was freed by commando raid; Sultan Munadi was killed.
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Greta Christina on Atheism Sex and Race
The more atheism seems to be all white male, the more it will stay that way. Does it matter? Yes.
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Rome Conference on Violence Against Women
‘The women of Iran have been at war with the Islamic clerics’ establishment for at least 150 years.’
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Clerics Furious at Kambaksh Release
‘Kambaksh committed a crime against the Koran. Any trouble will be the fault of people who helped Kambaksh.’
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Greg Laden on Atheists as Other
No wonder so many atheists are less out of the closet than many other repressed groups.
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Russell Blackford on ‘Ways of Knowing’
The larger problem is the epistemic, moral, and above all political authority claimed by many religious organisations.
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How Many ‘Ways of Knowing’ Are There?
Lots and lots, and all are special?
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Joan Smith on Sharia: Men Make the Rules
Lubna Hussein should be hailed around the world for challenging this sexist capricious practice head-on.
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Lubna Hussein Released After Union Pays Fine
International rights groups criticised the trial; the UN said Tuesday the charges breached international law.
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Fired for Her Religious Beliefs Shock-horror
Soap actress says she was fired for objecting to ‘gay storyline.’ No one will confirm.
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BHL on a Culture Cop for Head of UNESCO
Farouk Hosni promised to burn any book written in Hebrew that might have slipped into the stacks of the Alexandria Library.