Kansas Board of Education accepts the teaching of evolution, but a Texas Rep sends a funny memo.
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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Kansas Tweaks Science Standards
Kansas has repealed public school science guidelines questioning the theory of evolution.
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Radio Open Source on Spinoza
Rebecca Goldstein and Antonio Damasio.
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Sami Zubaida on Islam, Religion and Ideology
‘Muslims do not constitute a “community”; assertion of Islam as their primary identity is a misleading ideology.’
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Cargo Cult Celebrates 50th Birthday
They hope one day to entice another delivery of cargo.
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Suffer the Little Dollars to Come Unto Me
Pastor says reports of his financial dealings represent a misunderstanding of the prosperity gospel.
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Bal Patil on Hinduization in Gujarat
The Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2006 defines Buddhists and Jains as Hindus.
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Kashmiri Group Resists Valentine’s Day
‘You have to understand that Western culture, including Valentine’s Day has no place in our society.’
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Forum Against Social Evils Burning Cards
Guys in baseball caps protest Western customs.
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Martin Jacques Spies ‘Islamophobia’
‘Important ground is now being ceded as Islamophobia becomes the acceptable face of racism.’
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Dawkins Replies to Alister McGrath
‘Whereas I and other scientists are humble enough to say we don’t know, what of theologians like McGrath?’
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Rushdie’s Valentine’s Card
Every year he gets one from Iran.
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Alister McGrath Talks Nonsense
‘Science has all the answers.’ Dawkins says that where, exactly?
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Secular Thoughts for the Day
A C Grayling, Stewart Lee, Nigel Warburton.
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Secular Thinkers Have Thoughts Too
‘Thought for the Day’ has become a battleground between the BBC and the Humanist Society.
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Jesus and Mo on Free Will and Causation
Yes but Mo, the fact remains –
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Jesus and Mo on Charlie Hebdo
And, in anticipation, Clare College.
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Grayling on Tolerance [pdf]
Not feel-good wool; an ethical demand that everyone should respect everyone else’s rights and liberties.
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The Climate of Fear in Turkey
About a dozen Turkish writers currently the targets of hate-spewing, fanatical right-wing extremists.
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Daniel Dennett: Open Letter to Allen Orr
You adopted a double standard – like many atheists – and tried to protect religion from serious criticism.