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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Johann Hari: Africa’s Hidden War on Women
Girls have their genitals chopped off; old women risk being killed as witches.
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Pervez Kambaksh and the Advance of the Taliban
20 years for circulating an article about women’s rights would make a mockery of any judicial system.
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Pervez Kambaksh Faces 20 Years in Hell
Afghanistan’s highest court ruled against Kambaksh without even hearing his defence.
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Economist Distraught: Obama is not a Conservative
Shock-horror: he is actually overturning Bush administration policies and upsetting conservatives.
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Prince Charles is ‘a Dangerous Dodgy Quack’
‘Under the banner of holistic and integrative healthcare, he thus promotes a “quick fix” and outright quackery.’
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Irony Files: Private Jet for Global Warming Junket
Prince Charles will travel by private jet on a tour to campaign against global warming.
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Duchy Herbals Detox Tincture
How to use Duchy Herbals Detox Tincture: take 2.5ml in a glass of water twice per day.
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It’s Here at Last – Quantum Jumping
The shocking yet immensely effective technique transforms anyone into universe-hopping utopian beings.
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More Americans Say They Have No Religion
Yes, we have no religion; we have no religion today.
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Normblog on Causes and Gifts
If 7/7 was ‘a gift from Blair’ then why isn’t the war in Afghanistan ‘a gift from Bin Laden’?
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CFI London: God in the Lab
What goes on the brain of someone hearing voices? Come and see the MRI scans. Is religious belief hard-wired?
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Jesus and Mo on Crime and Punishment
Mo is a little harsh at times.
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Prince Charles and Detox Quackery
‘Prince Charles financially exploits a gullible public in a time of financial hardship,’ says Edzard Ernst.
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Mugabe Says God Killed Susan Tsvangirai
British foreign ministry said the truck in the crash was part of an aid project; it appeared to be a genuine accident.
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Can Chimps Anticipate Future Mental States?
Zoo chimp calmly collected stones, used them later for dominance display when agitated.
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Saudi Woman Sentenced to Lashes for ‘Mingling’
Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi, age 75, had two unrelated men in her house, will get 40 lashes.
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Ian Buruma Frets About Free Speech
‘Mocking the beliefs of minorities is not quite the same thing as taking on the views of majorities.’
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Obama Lifts Limits on Stem Cell Research
Pledging to ‘make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology,’ Obama ditched Bush’s EO.
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Zimbabwe: Mukoko, Other Activists Out on Bail
Mukoko and Takawira were victims of enforced disappearance, unlawful arrest, detention, and torture.