Says he never enrolled to cook pork. Cops want their sausages.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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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.
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No Reiki Without Permission
You need permission on an energetic level to move into the client’s energy field.
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Studs Terkel 1912-2008
His searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre.
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‘She’s Godless!’ ‘I Am Not Godless!’
Notion that it’s actually permissible to be godless does not get a hearing.
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Muslim Artist Gets Muslim Death Threats
‘Some sections of the Muslim community’ are pissed off at Sarah Maples.
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Susan Jacoby on Religion and US Politics
Republicans have tapped into fundamentalist resentment of educated, sceptical ‘elites.’
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Museum Head Angers Pope, Is Sacked
Pope, Vatican, local pol pitched fits over frog that ‘injured the religious feeling of many people.’
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Potential President Gets First Amendment Wrong
Thinks it protects ‘our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media.’
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Purdy Loses Assisted Suicide Case
Wants her husband with her but fears he may be prosecuted, says she may have to go earlier than she wanted.
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Normblog on Aronson on Choosing to Know
The obstacles to knowledge, both within us and without, are many and various.
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Barak Calls for Crackdown on Settler Violence
There has been an increase in attacks on Palestinians during this year’s olive harvest.
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Israel and Settler Threats
Reports of violence by the right-wing activist groups have increased in recent months.
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Women as Bombers Once Thought Immodest
‘We were created to become martyrs for God,’ says insane woman.
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Tens of Thousands of Refugees in DR Congo
Some observers say that the fighting in eastern DR Congo is really over control of mineral resources.
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Assisting Suicide Could Be Prosecuted
‘If the DPP does publish guidelines it will make it more likely that the decision will be made to prosecute.’
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Ben Goldacre Asks: More Crap Journals?
You’re not supposed to take everything in an academic journal as read, final, and valid.
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Duplicate Publication is a Serious Problem
If you think there are two trials showing that something works, that’s more impressive than if there’s just one.
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Anthony Cox on BBC Churnalism
Churnalism – rewriting press releases rather than news reporting – is common at BBC online news.
