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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Israeli Oranges for Sale in Iran Shock-horror
Sinister Jaffa oranges arrived in boxes marked as Chinese…but surely that’s a ploy…
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Taliban Gunmen Murder Couple on Camera
The rare footage has shown urban Pakistanis what could now await them.
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Nicholas Kristof Talks to the Mayor of Karachi
When people are uneducated, they are particularly likely to fall prey to fundamentalist mullahs.
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Russell Blackford Reads Terry Eagleton
Eagleton is simply wrong to say that there’s only a short step from superiority to supremacy.
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Madrileños Not Thrilled About Mini-Vatican
Las Vistillas gardens will be buried under a new Catholic complex; campaigners appeal to UNESCO,
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Science Organizations and Accommodationism
It is particularly difficult to reconcile the scientific picture with the existence of an all-powerful, all-knowing, loving, providential deity.
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New Channel TV and One Law for All on Sharia
One Law for All has set up a free helpline for those denied their rights by Sharia councils.
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Is Ben Goldacre a Lone Potty-mouthed Pedant?
Experts say new scientific evidence helpfully justifies massive pre-existing moral prejudice.
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Attempt to Grab the All-Yorkshire Misogyny Prize
‘If anyone ever deserved a good slap, this woman certainly did.’
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Language Log on ‘Twitter Bad For You’ Panic
Haven’t seen such a spectacular divergence between evidence and science journalism since 2005.
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Jared Diamond Sued Over New Yorker Article
Two Papua New Guineans claim they have been inaccurately portrayed.
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Terry Eagleton Pitches a Fit at ‘Liberals’
Martin Amis, Hitchens, Dawkins, Grayling, McEwan, Rushdie – he hates ’em all, all, I tell you!
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Doctors Criticize ‘Treatment’ for Gayness
Psychologist claims to help people ‘increase their heterosexual potential’; RCP cites lack of evidence.
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Obama Admin Not Delighted at Taliban Advance
Can’t imagine why.
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Test the Monty Hall Puzzle Game at TPM
And tell Jeremy if there are any bugs. It’s a good game; have fun.
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UAE Prince on Video Torturing a Pakistani Man
Hit him with nail-studded boards, set him on fire, cattle prodded him, ran over him with Mercedes SUV.
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Pakistan: Death Mandatory for ‘Blasphemy’
A sentence short of death in blasphemy cases is un-Islamic and unconstitutional.
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The Political and Social Disaster in Pakistan
Those who think Swat is a good idea have delusions about their ability to contain revolution.
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Austin Dacey: Durban II Was Deeply Flawed
Conflating religious criticism with bigotry, Islamic states and their allies are fashioning new political cudgels.