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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Oh Yes We Are!
Probably…
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Mob Burns Mosques in Nepal
Violence erupted after slaughter of 12 Nepalese hostages in Iraq by Islamic militant group.
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A ‘Knowledge Day’ to Remember
Chechen rebels seize schoolchildren and teachers as hostages.
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The Hijab Again
Heureusement, they are willing to wear a beret instead.
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India Court Rejects Gay Petition
Homosexuality remains illegal in India.
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A Manifesto by People of Muslim Culture
For sexual equality and secularism; against homophobia, the hijab and anti-semitism.
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The Line Between Explanation and Sympathy
The problem of examining motivations without excusing.
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Another Rhetoric Guide
Shame about the exclusively male pronouns though.
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Moan, Kvetch, Whine, Sneer, Bleat, Fuss, Mewl
Three oldish guys say what’s wrong with everything.
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Lift Hijab Law or We Kill Them
Kidnappers of two French journalists demand end to law banning religious apparel in school.
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It Isn’t Racist To Attack Homophobic Music
The fact that a group is oppressed doesn’t give it the right to oppress.
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Women Are From Boston, Men Are From Birmingham
Ideas about gender difference based on bad or no research have a strange popularity.
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Top British Scientists Oppose Blanket Ban On Human Cloning
The Royal Society favours therapeutic human cloning.
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Scientists Want Compromise on Cloning
Reproductive cloning should be banned, therapeutic should be permitted.
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UK Scientists Resist US Pressure on Cloning
UK scientists back international campaign against US efforts to ban all cloning.
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Muslims Can Go to Heaven, Archbishop Says
Christians don’t control access to heaven, although Jesus does.
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Cardinal Attacks Sex Lessons
The Catholic Church lecturing people about the sexual abuse of children. There’s an irony.
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Review of Stalin’s Last Crime: the Doctors’ Plot
A world in which what was rational and desirable was defined by the whims of one man.
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Kabbalah and ‘Spirituality for Kids’
Britney Spears, David Beckham, Naomi Campbell are fans, so who can resist that?