Five ‘religious youths’ were caught with brass knuckles, clubs, knives and a loaded pistol.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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‘Dissent’ Remembers Ellen Willis
The left needs the kind of clear thinking she brought to bear, in cultural criticism and political analysis.
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Grayling on Mandatory Religion
Offers the archbishops a lesson in semantics.
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The New Christian Right in Canada
James Dobson has set up a Canadian branch of his Focus on the Family in Ottawa.
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Home-schooling is an Organized Movement
Christian home-school ‘biology textbooks’ are riddled with scientific mistakes.
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Bolton Likely to Get the Hook
Notoriously undiplomatic unconfirmed unpopular UN ambassador seems doomed.
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Gangs of Men Attack Women in Cairo Streets
Bloggers reported large number of men harassing women and ripping off their clothes.
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Egyptian Women Protest Mass Harassment
Egyptian Centre for the Rights of Women said it received many complaints of harassment.
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Harassment Laws Weak, Activists Say
A mob of men openly molested women in Cairo and were not stopped or arrested.
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Jerusalem Holds Gay Pride Rally
Despite interfaith hostility from all three monotheisms.
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NHS Doctor Told Patient She Needed Exorcism
Said she had ‘something sinister’ moving in her stomach and was ‘possessed by evil.’
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Supreme Court Hears Late-term Abortion Case
At times the proceedings seemed more like a medical school seminar than an appellate argument.
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LSE in Academic Freedom Fuss
Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist, is accused of reviving the politics of eugenics.
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Killing People is Obviously Terrific Fun
You’re always onto a winner if you can persuade people they can be righteous and violent at the same time.
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Scott McLemee on Revolutionary Franklin
A streak of philosophical radicalism is evident in his earliest writings.
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Philosophers Disagree
The New York Times hosts the party.
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Stephen Law on the War for Children’s Minds
Open debate at TPM: send a comment.
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Dennett’s Breaking the Spell Reviewed
Stangroom regrets non-appearance of lightning bolts.
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Media Declare Virginia Senate Race for Dems
If confirmed, the win means Democrats hold both houses of Congress.
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Fred Phelps Has a Daughter
Who sings at military funerals: ‘First to fight/For the fags/Now they’re coming home in bags.’