Wants it to ‘push American bishops to speak out more about political issues.’
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.
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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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‘Under God’ Stays in ‘Pledge of Allegiance’
Procedural ruling leaves constitutional issue unresolved.
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Happy Bloomsday
Joyce once said Ulysses did not contain ‘one single serious line’ – and that’s why we like it.
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Gendered Breathing?
Unintentionally comic examination of refreshing, provocative, frustrating Luce Irigaray.
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Three Charged With Inciting Religious Hatred
Human rights activists staged art exhibition that angered Russian Orthodox Church.
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‘Religious Hate’ Trial Smacks of Bad Old Days
Exhibition angered a mob ‘who unleashed a pogrom in the museum, vandalizing the artworks with paint sprayers.’
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The Discreet Cultishness of Leo Strauss
Code words, exoteric and esoteric meanings, irony, you had to be there.
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Snoop Dog is Talking to Foucault
The convergence of two developments: expansion of US penal system and the rise of rap.
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Is This a Joke?
Congressional reps attended a ‘coronation’ for Sun Myung Moon in a federal office building?
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David Aaronovitch on Religious Schools
‘I’ve been asleep to this creeping indoctrination. I’m awake now.’
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Into the Realm of Magical Thinking and Delusion
News flash: Bush really does believe all that stuff.
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On Dennett and Determinism
Soul, Will and God are not purported things that exist, but values that are aimed at.