Chicago Tribune review of sexual abuse cases involving several Theravada Buddhist temples found minimal accountability and lax oversight of monks.
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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Judge offers Nelson a new trial
The judge’s unusual decision was announced at a sentencing hearing Tuesday in Cobb County State Court.
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No jail time for Raquel Nelson
More than 135,000 people signed an online petition calling for leniency.
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Prosecuting the victim, absolving the perps
Nelson was convicted by six jurors who were not her peers: all were middle-class whites, and none had ever taken a bus in metro Atlanta.
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Vatican is “disappointed” at “excessive reactions”
Recalls nuncio to have a chat about its wounded feelings.
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FaceGlat segregates women from men
A new social networking site for ultra-Orthodox Jews takes customary segregation of the sexes online.
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Breivik claims to be part of an organisation
He said the attacks were “necessary” in light of the “treason” of the victims in promoting multiculturalism.
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Do prosecutors hate women?
A Georgia woman whose child darted into the street was convicted of vehicular homicide.
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The logistics of Noah’s ark
We need a larf.
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Attack aimed at values Norwegians treasure most
Their openness, freedom of expression and feeling of safety have all been shaken to the core.
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Breivik says he acted alone
At least 93 people were killed in Friday’s attacks – 96 have been injured and some are still missing.
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Nick Cohen on the meanness of British culture
The News of the World succeeded by using the techniques of the Peeping Tom and blackmailer to present a theatre of cruelty to 7 million readers.
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Ani Sharmin on segregated prayers in public schools
If the religion is wrong for having different rules for boys and girls, the remedy is not to bring the religion and its segregation into the school.
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Garry Wills on religion and money
He notes the corruption, but calls it a matter of “the sin of taking God’s name in vain.”
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Ben Goldacre on the problem with badger culls
The right thing to do next is a new trial, this time in the real world, with no magic.
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“Hip” church not so hip about homosexuality
It wants to fix it.
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US: Catholic official meddles in politics
“Every Catholic and every Catholic institution concerned about marriage and the family will need to be able to advocate for the Defense of Marriage Act.”
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Internet gives atheists access to young minds
Used to was, only clerics had that, but now their monopoly is gone. Curse you, Internet!
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ALEC’s agenda
Any force in civil society that contests the right of business to grab all social surplus and to treat people like roadkill should be crushed.
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ALEC exposed
How corporations help legislators make new laws that benefit…corporations.