‘Saudi money is now a major source of income for London libel firms. School fees and second homes depend on it.’
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Vatican Incredulous About Our Lady of Surbiton
Archbishop says the supposed revelations are highly questionable. Tsk.
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on Muslim Obscurantism
‘They write to me, bright and ambitious students who feel spied on, coerced, hounded and tormented.’
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Secularism not Allowed in UK Schools
Daily ‘act of worship of a broadly Christian nature’ must remain mandatory in all state schools.
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Jesus Must Remain Sacrosanct
Jesus-irony is ‘like walking by a funeral and shouting obscenities at a family.’
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Are Sacred Texts Sacred?
‘In many respects, the Bible was the world’s first Wikipedia article.’
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What Alex Knew
A thinking bird would topple everything we’d previously assumed about animal intelligence.
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US Election Campaigns are All About Narrative
Once the narrative is determined, it’s virtually impervious to revision.
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Women and Islam
Houzan Mahmoud of the Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq.
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Bad Media Coverage Carries a Cost
The media commentariat has not earned privileged early access to scientific knowledge and information.
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Ben Goldacre on a Fishy Reckoning
Nonsense research undermines the credibility of trial research in general.
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Jesus and Mo Interpret a Goddy Revelation
Put a grand on red, and see what happens.
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Ian Hacking on ID as Degenerate Science
Degenerate programs paint themselves into smaller and smaller corners, skirting problems they’d prefer not to face.
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Libel Laws Silence Bloggers
A worrying precedent.
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Keep Virgin Births and Gold Plates out of Politics
Christianity believes in resurrection yet it taunts Mormons about adding gold plates into the mix.
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Life Sentence for Surjit Athwal Murder
‘The pair of you decided that the so-called honour of your family members was worth more than the life of this young woman.’
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Ferzanna Riley on Growing up Terrorized
For 14 weeks we were held against our will and threatened with murder and gang rape unless we agreed to marriage.
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There is no Atheist Pope
‘New Atheism’ isn’t all that new, either.
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Mary Midgley Still Misunderstanding Dawkins
One crude mistake after another.
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Peter Tatchell on Indifference to Human Rights
Palestinian Arabs get the support of progressives; Iranian Arabs swing from nooses in public squares.
