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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.
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Dawkins on Atheism in America
‘I would like to see people encouraged to rejoice in the world in which they find themselves.’
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Stephen Law on Happiness
Is happiness just about feeling good, or is there more to it? Is feeling good always what motivates us?
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Nigel Warburton on Doctors’ Consciences
Idea that doctors could refuse treatments because of their cultural preferences is very worrying.
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Legacy of the Little Rock Nine
Eisenhower sent paratroopers to enforce the Supreme Court decision against popular resistance.
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How ‘Non-violent’ is Hizb ut Tahrir?
Global leader called for the destruction of Hindus in Kashmir, Russians in Chechnya, Jews in Israel.
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What is it Like to be a Member of Hizb ut-Tahrir?
It means thinking Sharia law should be imposed over the entire world by force.
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Shiv Malik on Brick Lane and ‘Brick Lane’
Self-appointed community leaders threatened to burn the novel because it did not present a ‘positive image.’
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Tablighi Jamaat Plans London Madrasa
‘We can’t change Allah to suit us. Islamically, this worldly glamour is not what we are supposed to be.’
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Malalai Joya Refuses to Be Silent
Women walk for miles to see her. She is their hope for a better future.
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Floods Demolish Crops in Ghana and Togo
For those of us used to buying our food in supermarkets, it is hard to imagine the scale of the problem.
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UCU Told Boycott Would be Illegal
Sue Blackwell said decision is ‘outrageous and an attack on academic freedom.’
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Shalom Lappin on the End of the Boycott
In a liberal democracy the rights of minorities against racist exclusion are ensured by legal guarantee.
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How the ‘Framing’ Debate Went
We need activist parents helping teachers oppose the encroachment of the religious on education.
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A Gilded Frame
Scientists are surprised and not pleased to find themselves in a film that makes the case for ID.
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Church Buys Unity by Excluding the Outsider
Struggle for inclusion of gays in the church is a frontline battle in the war against global religious fascism.
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Jonathan Derbyshire on Edmundson on Freud
Charismatic leaders such as Hitler promise eternal peace in place of conflict, plenitude in place of lack.
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Joan Bakewell on Prince’s Dangerous Message
PC has backed out of Royal Film Performance – which would have been ‘Brick Lane.’
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Dawkins, PZ Myers Appear in ID Documentary
‘At no time was I given the slightest clue that these people were a creationist front,’ Dawkins said.
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‘Honour’ Killing in Anatolia
Though there are various reasons behind honor killings, disobedience was found to be the reason behind most.