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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Jesus and Mo Discuss Frankenstein Babies
Mo points out emotive misleading language.
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The Taliban in the Swat Valley
The Taliban are growing in popularity partly because the state is not functioning.
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The Swat Valley Taliban
‘Those promoting “enlightened moderation” are the agents of darkness,’ says Fazlullah.
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Polly Toynbee on Selective ‘Conscience’
Fundamental questions of who rules are raised if Catholic ministers get a special dispensation denied to other ministers.
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Seumas Milne on Religion and Secularism
Startling new thoughts on the wave of atheist books, atheists as fundamentalists, Dawchens.
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Return of the ‘Framing’ Debate
Nisbet tells Dawkins and Myers to ‘Lay [sic] low and let others do the talking.’
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Campaigners Support Wakefield
BBC accuses medical experts of seeking to ‘discredit’ Wakefield’s ‘findings.’
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Many Muslim Children Kept Out of School
Hajra Bibi taken out of school at puberty; parents wanted her to cook for male relatives.
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Richard Dawkins on ‘Lying for Jesus’
Goals don’t come more own than this.
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Girl Dies After Parents Fail to Get Medical Help
They prayed instead. She died after 30 days of nausea, vomiting, thirst, loss of appetite, weakness.
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Important Not to Judge, Says Professor of Ethics
‘They believe they’re helping their child; they love their child, and they believe prayer has an effect.’
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God Gave Us Physicians, Cleric Notes
Rev. Ted Nelson said they did what’s best in their heart. Rev. Steve Brice respects anyone who follows their conscience.
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Aaronovitch on Wicked Untruths from the Church
There is a growing unscrupulousness about the way some of the top faithful choose to conduct their arguments.
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‘Unscientific’ to Scorn ‘Complementary’ Medicine
Madeleine Bunting goes all sciencey.
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Michael Walzer on the Value of Voting Twice
University graduates are as likely as anyone else to be hasty, prejudiced, and self-regarding.
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What Would Mill Advise on Wilders’s ‘Fitna’?
The problem with the Wilders film is that we do not know whether the situation of the corn dealer applies.
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Amsterdam Protest Against Wilders Film
‘The film has already been condemned by several Muslim countries, including Iran and Pakistan.’
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Pick of Day: Ben Goldacre on Lifestyle Nutritionists
You’ll particularly enjoy the segment about John Harvey Kellogg, the enema-obsessed cornflake-inventor.
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Bishops Deny Misleading the Public
‘If you stop obeying God you start to limit the rights of human beings and this is a case in point.’
