Turkey’s religious authorities declare they will remove sexist statements from the hadiths.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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No Continuum Between Science and Non-science
You can’t practice methodological naturalism 99% of the time and still claim to be a scientist.
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Kent Hovind Busted on Federal Charges
Dr. Dino claims he is employed by God, receives no income, has no expenses and owns no property.
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Jeremy Waldron on Incoherent Ideas of Free Speech
Nazis can disrupt the streets of Skokie, but those who disrupt Rumsfeld’s message will be dragged away.
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Shelley’s Mishap at Oxford
Poet writes atheist pamphlet shock.
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Sarfraz Manzoor on ‘Faith Schools’
‘How do we avoid, in Trevor Phillips’s phrase, sleepwalking into segregation?’
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Nick Cohen on the Selling of Honours
Honours Act says you can’t buy them, you can’t sell them and if you do either you can go to prison.
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Prayers Save People From Death
There was this guy who was very ill, see, and people prayed for him, and he didn’t die. So.
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It’s ‘Crop Circle Season’
Victoria Coren on alien holiday planning; James Randi comments.
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Atheists as ‘Other’
‘Atheists’ serves as catch-all word for ‘bad people.’
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The Issue of Rights is Absolutely Central
We have to hold the line at the defense, however de-hegemonized, of universal principles of rights.
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Martha Nussbaum on Catherine MacKinnon
Until recently, human rights norms were typically devised by men thinking about men’s lives.
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Katha Pollitt on the Joy of a Bad Review
Apparently there is such a thing as bad publicity: bad publicity that people don’t know about.
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Stupid Cliché-ridden Review
Starts off with ‘strident feminism’ then cites bra-burners. Oy.
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The Religious Right and the HPV
Being pro-cancer is a little tricky for people who claim to be ‘pro-life.’
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Martin Bright Disavows ‘Islamophobe’ Label
His argument is with government ministers who have failed to seek out other voices among Muslims.
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MCB Accuses Martin Bright of ‘Islamophobic’ Views
Unpleasant stuff.
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Martha Nussbaum on a Book About Harvard
Harry Lewis fails to realize that character-building is cognitive.
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Sean Wilentz on Hofstadter Biography
Hofstadter’s sharpness about the darker follies of American democracy seems more urgently needed than ever.
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Students in Iran Call for Hunger Strike
Call in particular for the release of Ramin Jahanbegloo, Mansour Ossanloo, Ali Akbar Moussavi Khoeni.