The well-documented fabrications and fudges in Freud’s early case studies go unmentioned.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Self-styled Atheist Cheers On Catholic Bishops
‘What other religion is taking on the scourge of militant secularism afflicting modern Europe?’
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Austin Dacey Rejects the Gag Order on Ethics
By shying away from fundamental moral debate, secular liberalism has abandoned the field to religious voices.
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Mbeki Says Riots are a Disgrace
Said the attacks were the worst acts of inhumanity South Africa had seen since Apartheid.
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Michael Shermer on Alan Sokal
“Beyond the Hoax” is an essential text for anyone interested in the history and philosophy of science.
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A Spot of Freud-worship
How Freud might help us to think about Nazism.
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The Damage Has Still Been Done
Even minor actions by the police can have a chilling effect on the right to protest.
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Liberty Considering Action Against Police
The City of London Police tried to prosecute a protester for calling Scientology a ‘cult.’
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Prisoner Boasts of Plan to Prison Officer
‘I am planning to bomb Bluewater shopping centre in Exeter.’ ‘It’s in Kent.’ ‘The plan is not finalised yet.’
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Please Not the Old ‘Community Leaders’ Drivel
Top cop had to ‘build links’ with the ‘diverse’ community he policed; that meant meeting community leaders, e.g. Scientologists.
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Bill Sneaks Religion Into Science Class
Louisiana Senate Bill 733 lets public school teachers use supplementary materials when teaching about evolution.
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Saudi Police Arrest Rights Activist at University
Matrook al-Faleh arrested after he criticized conditions in a prison where other rights activists are stuck.
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Nour Miyati Denied Justice for Torture
HRW reports all charges were dropped against Saudi employer who abused Indonesian servant.
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Some New Members of HRC are Rights Abusers
Human Rights Council has not found time to inquire into Burma’s unabashed denial of food to its own population.
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Baggini on Secular and Sacred Values
When it comes to specific matters of morality, the idea that religious convictions need respect, not interrogation and defence, is absurd.
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HRW on Crisis for Gay Rights in Turkey
Necessary to defend all people’s basic rights against the dictatorship of custom.
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Khadim Hussain: the Fate of Swat [scroll down]
An overwhelming majority of people never supported the clergy in their quest for influence in the valley.
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Prosecution for Calling Scientology a ‘Cult’
Cop read protester section 5 of the Public Order Act, then gave him a court summons.
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The Psychology of Theological Justification
If we expand our epistemic horizons, John Haught says, we will find god.
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Court Decision in FLDS Case
Texas appeals court ruled CPS failed to prove there was any danger to the health and safety of the children.