Said to have been that way since May, but followers have been concealing him at night.… Read the rest
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.
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Some Kinds of ‘Diversity’ are not Educational 
Nov 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Diverse’ accounts of origin of species don’t belong in science class, for instance.… Read the rest
It’s Islam Awareness Week, Children
Nov 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The Muslim Council of Britain is an excellent first port of call.’… Read the rest
Intro to Islamic Family Life for Children
Nov 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It is usual for the men to meet at cafes and women to meet at home. Isn’t that lovely, children?… Read the rest
Vatican Bars Gays from Priesthood
Nov 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Unofficial translation of full text.… Read the rest
Naughty Marlowe, Naughty Tamburlaine
Nov 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What was that about self-censorship again?… Read the rest
Authority Based on Charm or Intuition No Help
Nov 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bono, Sir Bob and Jamie do not have to worry about re-election. … Read the rest
Women Forced to Wed Rapists or Die
Nov 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
UN report says hundreds of Turkish women killed in ‘honour killings’ every year.… Read the rest
Apostles of Religious Correctness Get Facts Wrong
Nov 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tortuous historical fictions that include both subtle prevarication and bald-faced lies.… Read the rest
A Rally to Celebrate ‘Faith and Patriotism’
Nov 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Christian Reconstruction thinks Christian crusaders must conquer and convert the world.… Read the rest
Baudrillard Talking Crap
Nov 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘What is freedom? We have a choice between buying one car or buying another car?’… Read the rest
The Downside of Blasphemy Laws
Nov 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What is the upside again?… Read the rest
What Humanism Is and Is Not
Nov 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not a religion, A C Grayling says.… Read the rest
Girls Married at Gunpoint as Compensation in Feud
Nov 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sentenced to be abducted, raped or killed for refusing to honour the ‘marriages’.… Read the rest
Channel 4 Teases Audience with Xmas Programme
Nov 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Two magicians will reenact biblical miracles such as turning water into wine and feeding 5000.… Read the rest
Unctuous Praise of ‘Faith Communities’
Nov 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why should the secular state use tax payers’ money to indoctrinate a largely non-believing nation?… Read the rest
Rousseau and Voltaire
Nov 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Enlightenment not the triumphant imperial ‘project’ denounced by vulgar postmodernists.… Read the rest
The Foggy Zone of Half-believed Beliefs
Nov 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Where Bush’s American admirers merely saw cowboy hats, the French saw lederhosen… Read the rest
Michael Walzer on a Neil Gordon Political Thriller
Nov 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What were good people doing in the Weather Underground?… Read the rest
Woman Murdered for Being Poet in Afghanistan
Nov 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Nadia Anjuman was beaten to death in Herat, apparently murdered by her husband. … Read the rest
