Used his connections to block a building project that’s not to his taste.… Read the rest
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.
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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Caspar Melville on the Orthodoxy of Offence 
Jun 13th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Restitution via alternative epistemologies and patrolling the borders of acceptable speech.… Read the rest
John Gray Lies Down With Dogs, Gets Up With
Jun 13th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
fleas. New atheism, intolerant, utopianism, scientism, bodies, Nazism, positivism, liberals, dogma, faith.… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo on TheTonyBlairFaithFoundation
Jun 13th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The idea must be to pretend we all agree on the basics.… Read the rest
Ex-fundamentalist: God Does Hate Women
Jun 13th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Religious circles just aren’t friendly to a woman who thinks herself an equal.… Read the rest
Tom Stern Visits the Creation Museum
Jun 13th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Some ‘science is like religion’ stuff but interesting all the same.… Read the rest
Homeopathy is Cheap but Useless
Jun 13th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
British scientists ask WHO to condemn homeopathy for serious diseases such as HIV, TB and malaria.… Read the rest
Theistic Evolutionist Beats Hasty Retreat
Jun 12th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ken Miller’s first and only defense seems to be a denial of most of the implications of an interventionist deity.… Read the rest
Coyne on Mooney and Testing the Supernatural
Jun 12th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Clearly some claims about the supernatural can be tested (and rejected) by science. … Read the rest
Jason Rosenhouse on Methodological Naturalism
Jun 12th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The problem comes when you try to make MN into a rule that now and forever defines what science is. … Read the rest
Night Waves on Whether God Hates Women
Jun 12th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Madeleine Bunting calls DGHW strident and shrill, Humera Khan defends patriarchy. (c. 23 minutes in)… Read the rest
NHS Spent £12 Million in 3 Years on Homeopathy
Jun 12th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dr Peter Fisher of the Royal London Homeopathic hospital said there is an issue of democracy.… Read the rest
Cardinal Declined to Meet With Angry Survivors
Jun 11th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We would have loved to, but we had to attend a meeting.… Read the rest
Irish Abuse Victims March
Jun 11th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘It was as if you were inside prison and you don’t talk about it. You didn’t dare speak out against a religious order.’… Read the rest
Bishops Met to Discuss Fallout from Ryan Report
Jun 11th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Said it would be wrong to remove religious orders from the managing of schools.… Read the rest
MHRA Licences Homeopathic ‘Therapy’
Jun 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pills are labelled ‘a homoeopathic medicinal product used with the homoeopathic tradition.’… Read the rest
Blair Begins ‘School Faith Scheme’
Jun 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Tony Blair Faith Foundation’s Face To Faith project’ does God with a vengeance.… Read the rest
Blair Thinks ‘Religious Literacy’ Will Help
Jun 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dialogue, different faiths, understanding, peace, Islamophobia, communities, deeper, beliefs.… Read the rest
More Emetic ‘Faith’ Blather from Blair
Jun 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Faith matters. Even if you are not of religious faith yourself.’ Heavy, dude.… Read the rest
Dublin: Solidarity March for Abuse Victims
Jun 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The scandal of the abuse was described as Ireland’s mini holocaust by several campaigners today.… Read the rest
