Loses 20% of his ‘flock’ but is thanked by others.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Is There a Secular Case for Banning Abortion?
Anti-abortion forces mount seemingly secular arguments which must be exposed as faith in hiding.
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Surprise! Godbotherers are Superstitious
According to a UK study, nearly all churchgoers admit to practising superstitious behaviour.
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Julian Baggini on ‘Start the Week’
Chatting about whether you think what you think you think.
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School Curriculum Should Teach Enduring Values
Doesn’t matter what they are though.
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Writer Snubbed by Book-burning Community
Hurtful failure to burn offensively blasphemous book hurtful and offensive.
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Nick Cohen Advises Against TV Advertising
It costs money. Rich people have more money, dominate tv ads. Not good.
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Rebecca Goldstein: Spinoza is Worth Remembering
Spinoza’s reaction to religious intolerance was to try to think his way out of all sectarian thinking.
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Blair Supports Stem Cell Research in US
Will publicly back California’s research into disease treatment despite Bush’s strong opposition.
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Peter Doran is not a Global Warming Skeptic
‘I would like to remove my name from the list of scientists who dispute global warming.’
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Simon Blackburn Reviews Books on Truth
Including Why Truth Matters.
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Six Women Shot at Seattle Jewish Federation
Man who described himself as a Muslim American angry with Israel killed Pamela Waechter.
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One Suspect in Seattle Shooting
‘A purposeful, hateful act, as far as we know, by an individual acting on his own,’ mayor said.
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Religious Tyrants and Persecutors in Delaware
“If you want people to stop calling him ‘Jew boy,’ you tell him to give his heart to Jesus.”
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‘Devout’ Mel Gibson Busted for Speeding
Driving too fast and while drunk puts other people’s lives at risk, even if you are a ‘devout Catholic.’
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Rushdie v Greer on Brick Lane Protest
Rushdie denounces Greer’s support for ‘activists’ attempting to block the film.
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Letters to Guardian on Brick Lane Protest
Pro-censorship twaddle rejected; protesters advised to read the book.
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Mosque of Paris Sues Charlie Hebdo Over Motoons
Satirical mag committed a ‘deliberate act of aggression aimed at offending people of the Muslim religion.’
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Kenan Malik Talks to Amartya Sen
The book argues against the belief that identity is something to be ‘discovered’ rather than chosen.
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News from South Asia Watch
Statement on the Mumbai blasts, condemnation of violence in Gujarat, more.