An Israeli activist and a UK journalist report.… Read the rest
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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Bunting Tells Sen Why He’s Wrong 
Dec 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cites ‘adoption’ by ‘lobby of vociferous aggressive secularists.’… Read the rest
Catholic Church Interferes in School Tribunal
Dec 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Atheist teacher who won case is not much pleased.… Read the rest
Muslim Women Angry at Being Ignored
Dec 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Community leaders’ and male-dominated national Muslim organisations fail to represent them.… Read the rest
Look Out, it’s the Blitcons!
Dec 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ziauddin Sardar on Rushdie, Amis and McEwan. They’re critical of Islam. The horror, the horror.… Read the rest
Dalits Remember Ambedkar
Dec 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Most Dalits see Ambedkar as someone who challenged the very basis of the caste system.… Read the rest
Abused Woman Talks to Tanzanian Media
Dec 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Agnes Mbuyamajuu is among many women who suffer from domestic violence in Tanzania.… Read the rest
Schools Under Attack in Thailand
Dec 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Schools and teachers are targeted by suspected Muslim insurgents.… Read the rest
Kelly ‘Sympathetic’ to Church Pleas
Dec 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Church leaders are urging ministers not to put the rights of gays above the ‘rights’ of Christians. … Read the rest
Bérubé and Horowitz Together at Last
Dec 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Three Horowitzes and eight or nine Bérubés.… Read the rest
Science and Religion Duke it Out
Dec 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘How did religion acquire its extraordinary immunity against normal levels of criticism?’… Read the rest
Dennett and Minsky Discuss the Brain
Dec 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We’re interested in it for purely curious, scientific reasons. We want to know how we work.’… Read the rest
UN Urges Rights for Arab Women
Dec 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
UN Development Programme’s report reveals deep-seated discrimination against women across the region. … Read the rest
Arab Human Development Report Launch
Dec 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In 2002, the first Report identified women’s disempowerment as one of three critical deficits crippling Arab nations.… Read the rest
Pope Expresses Admiration for Muslims
Dec 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Has he met all of them?… Read the rest
Niqab-wearer to Give ‘Alternative’ Xmas Message
Dec 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She is called ‘feisty’ and ‘an everyone who can articulate the views of British Muslims.’… Read the rest
Headteachers Oppose Expansion of ‘Faith’ Schools
Dec 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘A great deal more anxiety about a formal linking of religion to politics and education than there was.’… Read the rest
Fred Halliday on the Pope’s Visit to Turkey
Dec 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
On what authority do such potentates travel to hold forth on matters of contemporary international politics?… Read the rest
Peter Singer Did Not Change His Mind
Dec 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Defenders of biomedical research say the confusion shows the contradictions in the animal rights movement.… Read the rest
Singer Points Out Consistency of his Views
Dec 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I have never said that no experiment on an animal can ever be justified.’… Read the rest
