Author of the great history ‘The Destruction of the European Jews.’… 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.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Roy Hattersley Says Mill is Vieux Chapeau 
Aug 9th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mill is, like the Liberal Democrats, ‘comfortingly worthy but out-of-date.’… Read the rest
Gustav Seibt on Raul Hilberg
Aug 9th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He was the first to ask: how were the victims identified, driven together, transported then murdered? … Read the rest
Threatened Journalist Faces Deportation
Aug 8th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mansoor Hassan wrote an article exposing the ‘honour’ killing of a young woman by her own father.… Read the rest
Increased Reporting of ‘Honour’ Crime in R’dam
Aug 8th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Authorities say they have received more than 70 reports since January, compared to 30 for all of 2006.… Read the rest
Violence Against Women Increasing in Kurdistan
Aug 8th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Kurdish government has overturned lax Iraqi laws; defendants can be charged with ‘deliberate murder.’… Read the rest
Anthony Grayling on Atheism
Aug 8th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Grayling explains why he believes atheism to be a well-grounded and ultimately life-affirming position.… Read the rest
Peace Process Fails to Address Sexual Violence
Aug 8th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
HRW reports women and girls continue to be subjected to acts of sexual violence in Côte d’Ivoire.… Read the rest
Dutch Ex-Muslim Beaten Up in Voorburg
Aug 8th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ehsan Jami was assaulted by three men who called him a ‘filthy homo’ and ‘filthy traitor’. … Read the rest
Michael Ignatieff on the Catstrophe in Iraq
Aug 7th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Politicians live by ideas, but they can’t afford the luxury of entertaining ideas that are merely interesting.… Read the rest
Steven Shapin on Herbert Spencer
Aug 7th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Spencer was the greatest of philosophical hedgehogs: his popularity stemmed from one big idea.… Read the rest
Robert Putnam Finds Diversity Bad For Civic Life
Aug 7th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It can be good for creativity, but it’s bad for social capital.… Read the rest
EU Asks Iran Not to Execute Two Journalists
Aug 7th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
RSF hails EU request to Iran not to execute Kurdish journalists Adnan Hassanpour and Abdolvahed Botimar.… Read the rest
Not So Fast, Christian Soldiers
Aug 7th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
DOD Inspector General report says generals ‘conferred approval of and support to Christian Embassy.’… Read the rest
Melanie Phillips: Science is the Enemy of Reason
Aug 7th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The Bible provides a picture of a rational Creator and an orderly universe.’ And?… Read the rest
Alain Finkielkraut Appalled by Jogging Sarkozy
Aug 6th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It is the surrender of the mind to the body that AF cannot stand: mere body management, devoid of spirituality.… Read the rest
MPs Reading The God Delusion
Aug 6th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Along with Hague on Wilberforce, and Harry Potter.… Read the rest
Ian Birchall Notes: Sartre Was no Nihilist
Aug 6th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sartre takes those of us who see no evidence of a creator through the problem of how we should act in this world.… Read the rest
Review of Catriona McKinnon’s ‘Toleration’
Aug 6th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Liberals tend to take for granted that everyone agrees on the value of toleration.’… Read the rest
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Aug 6th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
By Carol Tavris and Elliott Aronson – sounds like a must-read.… Read the rest
