“I want to know why this state, with which we have diplomatic relations, issued a communication, the effect of which was that very serious matter of the abuse of children in this country was not reported to the authorities.”
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Irish foreign minister summoned papal nuncio
For a little chat about the church’s refusal to obey the law.
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Girls should not be segregated in public schools
Not even if they’re bleeding.
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Ireland will pass new laws in wake of Cloyne report
The bishops and the church lie to the government and evade law enforcement, the report found.
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Cloyne report: Irish church hiding abuse into 2009
Abuse victims called the report more evidence that the church sought to protect priests rather than children.
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Israel: women banned from management conference
That’s right, just plain banned. All of them. Journalists too.
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Joan Smith on “ball-breaking women” panics
Oh noes, Nick Clegg has to do his share of child-raising duties; he’s castrated!
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The Pastafarian driver’s license photo
Well if you allow religious headgear in the photo, you have to be consistent.
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Andrew Copson on the EHRC’s stance
The Ladele case set a vital precedent in recognising the fundamental nature of the rights of gays and lesbians to be protected from discrimination.
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Austria: colander hat is official religious garb
Can wear hat for driver’s license photo only for religious reasons. Pastafarian steps up.
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Bishop, Vatican lambasted over sex abuse claims
Cloyne report found the response from Rome effectively gave a carte blanche to the likes of Bishop Magee to ignore the guidelines.
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Cloyne report is published
Criticises a Catholic diocese in County Cork for a failure to report all complaints of abuse to police.
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Jack of Kent and readers do detective work
On the question “who is David Rose?” A friend of Johann Hari’s as he says, or…?
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Johann Hari faces new claims of sock puppetry
Claims that Hari used a pseudonym to make unflattering edits to Wikipedia entries for journalists including Nick Cohen and Cristina Odone.
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Bombay: new explosions for bomber’s birthday
The blasts coincide with the birthday of the sole surviving gunman from the 2008 attacks which killed nearly 170 people.
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EHRC proposes “reasonable accommodation”
So it is supporting Lillian Ladele at the European Court of Human Rights.
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Religious rights will trump gay rights
When one group refuses to fulfil its job description because it disapproves of another group, there is no middle ground.
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Tony Blair’s crap idea
Getting schools to obsess about religion.
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Independent suspends Johann Hari
He is accused of lifting quotes from elsewhere without attributing the source, is suspended pending the outcome of an internal investigation.