Following armed raids in London and Rome.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Aatish Taseer Interviews ‘A British Jihadist’
A few have rallied under a banner which brings an intense sense of grievance.
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Part Two of Aatish Taseer’s Interview
‘Until an Islamic government makes treaties with these people, the world, for me, is an enemy.’
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Death Threats From ‘Pro-life’ Groups
Peter Singer on the lack of radical critique of the status quo in the US.
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Three People Talking About Philosophy [audio]
Talking about arguments for God mostly.
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A New Dictatorship in Iraq?
Of mullahs over women.
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Subjugation of Women Not On in UK
Maybe ‘alienation’ comes from challenge to traditional feelings of male superiority.
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Loonies Move to S. Carolina in ‘Christian Exodus’
Hope to establish ‘Biblical’ state. Even Bob Jones staff think they’re a bit much.
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Liberal Academic Plays Golf Shock
And there are others. No names, but that queer theorist, that Marxist analysis guy…
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The Power of Ideas – Especially Bad Ones
The power of an ideology that is not social, economic, ethnic, nationalist, or political.
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Foucault and Laing and the Asylum
Unfortunate consequences.
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The Netherlands After Bouyeri Conviction
Van Gogh murder has made people afraid to speak.
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Born-again Atheist Recommends RE
Secular humanists have many reasons to be delighted at popularity of religious studies.
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Time to Stop Polite Tiptoeing Around Religion
Why are reason and enlightenment of less value than dogma and delusion?
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Women’s Rights in Iraq Under Threat
Religious groups seek to write Islam into the new constitution.
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Bouyeri Given Life Sentence
Van Gogh murderer had said he would do it again if given the chance.
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The Coerciveness of ‘Family Values’
Be like us or else.
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Mona Eltahawy is Out of Patience
‘It is at least in some way bigoted to think that Muslims can only react violently.’
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Tariq Ramadan Says the Young are the Future
‘The young will have an enormous impact on the future.’ Very true.
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The World Summit on Evolution
Science’s greatest strength: learning from disagreement.