‘Women should be protected from abuse.’ Oh good.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Grayling Reiterates the Challenge
To explain what Christianity, a body of supernatural beliefs, had contributed to science.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Life as an Infidel
‘I’d been a Muslim myself and I’d reacted in the same way when Islam was criticised.’
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Timothy Garton Ash Replies to Pascal Bruckner
‘We also need a large tolerance for cultural diversity.’
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Russell Jacoby on the Seminar That Failed
The humanities are eroding everywhere thanks to: not lefty academics but market forces.
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Gym Tints Windows at Behest of Synagogue
‘We have a belief in being dressed modestly, and we want our kids to see women dressed modestly.’
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So Tint Your Own Windows
‘The congregation’s rabbi said public nudity is not acceptable to his members, nor to any religious Jew.’
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Spotting Abused Children Accused of Possession
Number of cases linked to spirit possession is small compared to total number of cases.
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Steven Pinker on the Mystery of Consciousness
Some of our deepest convictions about what it means to be human have been shaken.
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Critics Ignoring Most of Nick Cohen’s Book
The story of the Stop the War coalition fills just half of one chapter in a 13-chapter book.
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The Truth About 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
There’s the ‘official conspiracy theory’ and then there’s the ‘truth movement.’
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Secular Hospitals Recommended
Panel recommends that France adopt a charter to keep religious traditions out of hospitals.
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Peter Singer Says Activists Have Had an Impact
McDonald’s asked questions, Smithfield slightly improved conditions for its sows.