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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Vatican-Muslim Summit in Rome
Vatican-Atheist summit and Muslim-Atheist summit not scheduled.
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Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow Begged for Mercy
Court authorities claim she ‘wanted Sharia law and the deserved punishment to apply.’ Witnesses say otherwise.
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Exciting New Dutch Blasphemy Law
Will protect people from ‘indirect insult’ on the basis of religion or ‘conviction’ – so nearly everything could be illegal.
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Gallery Attacked Over ‘Insulting’ Art
Windows at the SaLon Gallery were smashed after abusive phone calls about the images.
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AI Talks About Somali Stoning on ‘Today’
Reporter and director of Amnesty International, discuss the influence of Al Shabab.
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A Night to Remember
Obama elected.
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Park Staff Questions Adults Without Children
Adults who want to walk in Telford Town Park will be asked to explain themselves.
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Telford Council Thinks Better of Mad Idea
Sorry, says Councillor, all a mistake.
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Interview With BHL
‘We must abandon this idea according to which all ideas are like plants, firmly implanted in their original soil.’
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Man Kills Wife, Gets 3 Girls as Reward
Guy kills wife over ‘honour,’ other man’s family gives him 3 young girls in ‘compensation.’
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Virginia Woolf and the Servant Question
The Woolfs paid their servants the meager wages typical of the era, £40 a year when they earned £4,000.
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Women’s Rights Defenders Seek Protection
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights heard testimony from women’s rights groups.
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Fred Phelps’s Son Talks About Life With Father
It was hell. Nate is now an atheist, and agrees with Dawkins that religion is abusive to children.
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The Hijacking of ‘Stop Sylvia Browne’
Grabbing the website of a critic and filling it with your own content — that’s just sleazy.
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New Humanist’s Bad Faith Awards
Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin; more to come.
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Creationism From the US to Turkey
When a Turkish human rights group published a critical piece, Yahya told them to remove it.
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Muslim Police Cook Claims Discrimination
Says he never enrolled to cook pork. Cops want their sausages.
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Desperation
Republican representative hoped computer comparison would show Bill Ayers ghosted Obama’s book.
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Azar Majedi: Religion is Political
The media continue to aid the mystification of religion as an untouchable institution.