Agrees that ‘Atheism is life-affirming in a way that religion can never be.’
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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What’s on Philosophy Talk
Daniel Dennett on ‘Intelligent Design’ on January 17 and 19.
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Hitchens on the Lord’s Resistance Army
A rolling Jonestown.
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Subtle Pressure to Assimilate to Dominant Norms
Bias toward assimilation is in tension with protection of civil rights.
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Does Truth Matter in Memoirs?
If memoirs are distinct from fiction, then the distinction should matter.
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Why Do People Want to Present Fiction as Fact?
‘The answer might be that truth sells.’
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Morrissey ‘Understands’ Animal Rights Violence
‘I understand why fur farmers and so-called laboratory scientists are repaid with violence.’
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Chutzpah is the Word That Comes to Mind
For appeals not to silence dissenting views from people who work to silence dissenting views.
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Parents Sue School District Over ID Course
Course approved despite science, math teachers’ testimony it would undermine science curriculum.
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A Long List of Imams and Other Men
‘The practice of homosexuality is regarded as being sinful in Islam.’
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Nick Cohen on Weirdness
Galloway’s Saddam-hugging was okay, but this Big Brother thing is just too much.
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Pope Still Opposes Abortion and Gay Marriage
Ratzinger insists on Vatican’s reactionary views, in case anyone thought it had improved.
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Streatham Eccentrics Attempt Coup in Pakistan
‘Our leader Shahbaz Khan is Imam Mehdi’ said one, without a hint of irony, over a megaphone.
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Jerusalem Conference on Levinas
Levinas’ influence will be discussed and debated from France to Israel to Lithuania to China.
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Police Not to Blame for Hajj Stampede
Trying to stop massive crowds could have caused more deaths.
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The Rapture of Waiting for the Mahdi
Is Ahmadinejad motivated by expectation of the final battle between good and evil?
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Hecklers Cry ‘Torture Lite’ at Michael Ignatieff
Canadians dislike his endorsement of interrogation techniques such as sleep deprivation.
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John Gray Reviews Kwame Anthony Appiah
‘A welcome attempt to resurrect an older tradition of moral and political reflection.’
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Michael Wallerstein Dies
Known for his work on the redistribution of wealth and inequality in advanced democracies.
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Interview With Paul Berman
Decision to resist is no help in analyzing politically who are the true oppressors.