2001 UN report that advocated the ‘responsibility to protect’ was the high-water mark of the humanitarian faith.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Turkey Prosecutes Artist for PM Cartoon
Michael Dickinson is charged under article 125/3: ‘insulting the prime minister.’
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EU Weakened in UN Human Rights Debates
Support for EU is down, that of China and Russia is up. Not good.
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Dick Armey Says Cheney Lied to Him
Conservative Republican Armey was against the war, might have stopped it.
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What Cheney Told Armey
That Saddam Hussein had personal ties to al-Qaeda and was close to miniaturizing nuclear weapons.
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Barton Gellman on Dick Cheney
What Dick Armey told him, and whether Armey is angry about it.
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Reiss Statements Open to Misinterpretation
The Royal Society said this was not his intention but that it ‘has led to damage to the society’s reputation.’
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Christian Voice Makes New Grab for Attention
With cryptic remarks about Dawkins and the father of lies. Attention must be paid, or perhaps not.
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Aaronovitch on a Web of Sinister Untruths
The MMR panic was aided by a boneheaded refusal to discriminate between better and worse arguments.
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Criminal Sharia Judgments
Imagine what kind of consent wives involved in domestic violence cases have given to sharia court’s jurisdiction.
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Reiss Resigns as Education Director at RS
Royal Society reiterated: creationism has no scientific basis and should not be part of the science curriculum.
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Dawkins to New Scientist on Reiss
‘What Reiss actually said is not a self-evidently inappropriate stance for the Royal Society to take.’
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Royal Society Fellows Turned on Reiss
No way an ordained minister, for whom unverified dogma is central, can present free-thinking, doubt-based scientific philosophy disinterestedly.
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Catholics Pitch Another ‘Persecution’ Fit
Paint secular government as hatred of Catholics.
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Moroccan Theologian Says Girls Can Marry at 9
‘I am a confirmed theologian and I have not made this up. It is the prophet who said it before me.’
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Malaysia: Blogger Arrested for Dissent
Prominent anti-government campaigner accused of posting an article that insulted Islam.
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Pope Meddles With French Secularism
Do things differently, Ratzinger tells France.
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Sharia Officially Adopted in UK
Rulings issued by a network of five sharia courts are enforceable with the full power of the judicial system.
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Scott Atran on Religion in America
Few believe the principal point of political argument is, or ought to be, truth rather than persuasion.
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Palin as Governor
Palin administration puts a premium on loyalty and secrecy; she hires friends and fires critics.