She picked up a nasty undertone of Christian triumphalism. Well imagine that.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Rumsfeld Resigns
So long.
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Democrats Win House of Representatives
Tester (Democrat) wins Montana, giving Democrats 50 seats in Senate.
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Iranian TV Star Faces Lashing for Having Sex
Police investigating her for suspected breach of Iran’s strict laws forbidding sex outside marriage.
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Trial in Indonesia for Schoolgirl Beheading
Suspected Muslim militant accused in the beheadings of three Christian girls on Sulawesi island.
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Mark Bauerlein on Michael Bérubé
‘When substantive points are recast as lapses in decency, outsiders have no chance.’
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Bertie Ahern Seeks Children’s Rights Referendum
Admitted Ireland had frequently failed to protect its children from abuse and neglect in the past.
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Blair Says Creationism is no Biggy
Told scientists their worries about creationism were exaggerated; they felt lots better.
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Media Yawn at Violence Against Women
Women by the millions are systematically targeted for attack because they are women; ho hum.
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Eric Alterman on Salah Choudhury
MSM ignoring the case, leaving it to right-wingers and Jewish-oriented publications. What’s up with that?
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Archbishops Attack Secularism
Claim ‘public atheism is itself an intolerant faith position.’
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Archbishops Back New ‘Theos’ Think Tank
Director of Theos, Paul Woolley, said the overall aim is to put God ‘back’ into the public domain.
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Meet Theos
The public theology think tank.
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Round-up of Resistance to Silencing
Jeff Weintraub, Jeff Jarvis, Piet Dorsman, AI, Reporters Without Borders.
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Grayling Puts Religion on the Stage
Grayling and director Mick Gordon co-wrote play with contributions from theologians, clerics, atheists.
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Lack of Clarity About Multiculturalism
Many anti-racists are so used to resisting attacks on minorities that they will defend all differences.
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Multiculturalism Discussed
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Candace Allen, Ted Cantle, Dreda Say Mitchell.
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‘Faith’ Schools Allowed to Discriminate
Government drops long-standing legal bans on discrimination against staff who have different or no religion.
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Hitchens Attends Arendt Centenary Conference
‘What an awful season of pseudo-fights and distractions.’
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U-turn on ‘Faith’ Schools Explained
Incompatible goals meet, tangle, thrash about, retire to corners again.