Community. Anguish. Diversity. Inclusiveness. All corners. Dialogue. Committed. Damaged. Open. Community.… Read the rest
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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Very Deep Stuff 
May 15th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Links are a paradox uniting the full and empty space between nodes in the network.… Read the rest
Zanu PF is Burning Maize as Zimbabwe Starves
May 15th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Food was used as a tool for retribution and punishment by Zanu PF after the 2005 elections.… Read the rest
Think-tank Launched in Pakistan
May 15th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
An independent think-tank to address issues faced by the people between the Oxus and Indus Rivers.… Read the rest
Stop Honoricide Campaign
May 15th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In memory of every mother, daughter, sister murdered to protect family honor.… Read the rest
Channel 4 Wins ‘Undercover Mosque’ Case
May 15th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
West Midlands Police and Crown Prosecution Service apologize and pay £50,000 damages.… Read the rest
Normblog on a Revisionist Account of Atheism
May 15th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
To be an atheist, on this revisionist account of what atheism is, you have in fact to be a fool.… Read the rest
Einstein Had ‘Rid Himself of Belief in Atheism’
May 15th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Because he admired Freud; ‘if we are Freudians, we have a tragic view of life.’ Uh…… Read the rest
Nesrine Malik on Islam’s Refusenik Women
May 15th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They have ‘unsavoury views about Islam,’ they ‘nail their colours to the west’s mast of values.’… Read the rest
Deep Stuff
May 15th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Subjectivity is the lens and connector through which the spatio-temporal dislocation gets focused and bridged. … Read the rest
‘Harun Yahya’ Sentenced to Prison
May 14th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Foundation for Scientific Research adopted arguments from young-earth creationist organizations.… Read the rest
PBS and Public History
May 14th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pete Seeger tells the truth in his autobiography, but a new documentary is evasive.… Read the rest
Irish Bishops Say: Too Many Catholic Schools
May 14th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
92% of the country’s primary schools are managed by the Catholic Church… Read the rest
Can U Read Kant?
May 14th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
To Mark Bauerlein, the present is a good time to be young only if you don’t mind a tendency toward empty-headedness. … Read the rest
Jesus and Mo Don’t Believe in the Atheists’ God
May 14th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
God cannot be empirically investigated, he is ineffable, beyond our capacity. Which is handy.… Read the rest
Archbish Compares Embryo Bill to Rape
May 13th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Notes that persons must be treated as ends. Fails to note that cells are not persons.… Read the rest
On Fitna, the Movie
May 13th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Maryam Namazie, Fariborz Pooya and Bahram Soroush discuss.… Read the rest
Review of Why Truth Matters
May 13th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Reviewer much cleverer than authors.… Read the rest
Clinton Takes the Conservative Populist Tack
May 13th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Clinton’s ‘hard-working Americans, white Americans’ made explicit what conservative populists usually keep implicit.… Read the rest
Should Philosophy Talk to Non-philosophers?
May 13th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jonathan Barnes, Myles Fredric Burnyeat, Raymond Geuss, Barry Stroud discuss.… Read the rest
