The issue of Muslim women’s clothing is a hotly-debated subject in several European countries.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Dawkins on ‘I’m an Atheist But’
But get over it, but what’s the point, but you’re too strident, but religion is consoling.
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25 Greatest Science Books
Darwin, Newton, Galileo lead the pack.
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Poll on Greatest Science Books
Vote and offer write-in candidates.
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Fundamentalist Optimism and Historical Progress
A historian disputes the claim that atheism derives from Protestantism.
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AU Reports New Attacks in Darfur
The Sudanese government and Janjaweed militia have launched new attacks.
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Nicaragua’s Ban on All Abortion Signed into Law
President signed law in presence of Catholic bishops and Protestant evangelist leaders.
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Nick Cohen Talks to Ted Honderich
He is not entirely won over.
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Jürgen Habermas on Opening Fortress Europe
The liberal state demands that all religious communities recognise universal principles of modern law.
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Kicking the Headscarf Habit
Why is it religious to put on a headscarf but never to take one off?
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Chapter of Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves
‘This book’s title is intended to be provocative, not sociologically precise.’
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Jesus and Mo Talk About Atheists
Jesus is reading Dawkins’s book, Mo is reading Dennett’s. They feel cross.
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Two Historians Win Prize for Study of Humanity
John Hope Franklin and Yu Ying-shih share the Kluge prize.
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Hitchens Reviews Clive James
London would have been far less amusing without Clive James’s willingness to take chances.
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The Phenomenology of Smell
Visual clues are more reliable than olfactory ones for a two-legged fallen human.
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Scott McLemee Reviews New Thomas Pynchon
To discuss the book adequately would demand a seminar lasting four months.
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Pope’s Secretary Declares Pope-jokes Not OK
‘Satire is fine. But these things do not have any intellectual quality and offend men of the church. They are not acceptable.’
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New Think Tank to Promote Thinking
Brainchild of Paul Kurtz will lobby for science-based decision making and against religion in government.
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Declaration in Defense of Science and Secularism
Cultivation of critical thinking essential not only for science but also for an educated citizenry.
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Press Releases from HRC of Pakistan
Lots of news there.
