I have another memory of him, white-faced, slight and thin as we all were in those more austere times, furious, standing up to some bully or other in the playground.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Christopher Buckley on Christopher Hitchens
Intellectually, ours was largely a teacher-student relationship, and let me tell you—Christopher was one tough grader.
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MRAs respond to fraternity’s “who would you rape?” survey
“We should be celebrating young men who stand up against misandry. We should be celebrating the frat that said ‘no means yes’.”
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Killing of Dagestani journalist must be investigated
Today’s murder of Gadzhimurad Kamalov, founder of the independent newspaper Chernovik, is a lethal blow to press freedom, said the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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The Guardian talks to Rhys Morgan
“They told me I was being rude and inflammatory by questioning other people’s choices.”
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Fraternity asks “If you could rape anyone who would it be?”
The fraternity circulated a questionnaire to its members, asking their names, major, favorite frat-related memories, favorite actor, and whom they would rape.
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The men behind the war on women
Bishops.
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The niqab isn’t about a woman’s right to choose
Farzana Hassan notes: “The burka is both oppressive and anti-feminist, steeped in patriarchy and control.”
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CBC’s The National on honor killing
Nahlah Ayed talks to Homa Arjomand and Raheel Raza among others.
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Pope backs teacher who made children cry with fear
They were frightened by her graphic description of battles between good angels and the devil. The pope thanked her.
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Franca Ogbu is the victim of a horrific acid attack
The government of Nigeria has failed to prosecute her attacker. Busayo Obisakin has created a petition seeking prosecution. Here it is.
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Nerds and male privilege
It’s hard to feel valued or fully included when a very vocal group insists that your input is irrelevant, misguided and ultimately unwelcome.
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The inconvenient truth about Islam from an ex-Muslim
Nazanin was imprisoned and raped by the Islamic regime in Iran for opposing veiling.
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BBC on Saudi woman beheaded for ‘sorcery’
Conservative clerics have urged the strongest possible punishments against fortune-tellers and faith healers as a threat to Islam.
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Saudi Arabia executes woman for ‘sorcery’
She was convicted of practicing magic and sorcery.
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The Skeptic Magazine inaugurates The Skeptic Awards
Nominate best podcast, blog, event, science video, skepticism video. Awards will be presented at QEDCon in Machester in March 2012.
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Parents ask a man to beat their child
They suspected their 15-year-old son of smoking, so turned to a man believed to be relied
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Sirleaf, Gbowee, Karman accept Nobel Peace Prize
The Peace Prize was presented to three female activists and political leaders for “their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights” as peacemakers.
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An atheist talks cloying dreck about god
“We Nones may not believe in God, but we hope to one day.” The hell we do.