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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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John Hope Franklin 1915-2009
The great historian’s From Slavery to Freedom is generally considered the leading text on the subject.
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They Made a Wilderness and Called it Peace
In return for ‘peace’ the Taleban can ban women from marketplaces and stop girls over 13 going to school.
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HRW on IDF Use of White Phosphorous in Gaza
Israel’s repeated firing of white phosphorus shells over densely populated areas of Gaza was indiscriminate.
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Hitchens on Radical Military Rabbis
The zealot settlers and their clerical accomplices are establishing an army within the army.
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Religious Control of the Israeli Army
Critics of the religious right are concerned about the military’s chief rabbi, who is a settler.
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The Slow Death of Freedom of Expression
Roy W Brown examines why the UN is putting protection of religion above freedom of expression.
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UN HRC Votes to Ban Criticism of Religion
23 members voted for a resolution to combat ‘defamation of religion.’ 11 opposed, 13 abstained.
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Is Religion Good for Women?
Religion was created by men for men, and has always been used as a tool to keep women in their place.
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Muslim Council of Britain is Not Representative
The government has finally noticed.
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Suggests, Some, Compatible, Might Be Called
The theory suggests to some serious scientists that reality is compatible with what might be called a spiritual view of things.
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South Africa Has Nothing Against the Dalai Lama
No no. Its dear friend China, on the other hand…
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Holy War
The last thing Israel needs is for religious propaganda to be fed to IDF troops.
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Australia’s Fun Imam Vandalizes Own Mosque
Taj Din al-Hilali, the ‘women are uncovered meat’ guy, kicked his door in then reported vandalism to police.
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Westboro Baptist Will Picket Richardson Funeral
Church will picket Natasha Richardson’s funeral for a variety of reasons, all of them stupid.
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Norwegian Art Exhibit Closed After Attack
Ahmed Mashhouri worked for human rights in Iran; exhibit was called ‘It’s not forbidden to think.’
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Saudi Rights Group Criticizes Religious Police
The report urged an end to the marriage of underage girls and demanded a faster pace for judicial reform.
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Notre Dame Refuses to Uninvite Obama
US bishops have told Catholic universities not to honor lawmakers who ‘dissent from church teaching.’
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UK: Hindu Man Fights for Open-air Cremation
‘Being bundled into a box and incinerated in a furnace is not my idea of dignity,’ he says.
