Humans cannot conquer nature and nor can they just hold hands with it and skip along the lane singing la-di-da.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Death Sentences for Two Iranian Journalists 
Aug 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Iran has sentenced two dissident journalists for being ‘enemies of God.’… Read the rest
The Subconscious Mind
Aug 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Everyday sights, smells and sounds can selectively activate goals or motives that people already have.… Read the rest
Man Murders Mother Because He ‘Suspects’ Her
Aug 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Of having sex with a neighbor.… Read the rest
The Afterlife as Information?
Jul 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Maybe minds are like radio signals and brains are like radios? Or maybe not.… Read the rest
Another ‘Honour’ Killing
Jul 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bachan Athwal and her son Sukhdave arranged the murder of Surjit Athwal ‘to defend the family honour.’… Read the rest
Colorado Regents Vote to Fire Ward Churchill
Jul 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Research misconduct cited, but Churchill and supporters say the decision was political.… Read the rest
Academic Freedom Matters; So Does Truth
Jul 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
3 panels unanimously found that chunks of Churchill’s work met his own criteria for intellectual dishonesty.… Read the rest
This is not a Parody
Jul 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Research misconduct is in the eye of the beholder.’ Ah yes – so is perjury, fraud, falsification…… Read the rest
Deborah Lipstadt on Ward Churchill
Jul 31st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He called DL an Eichmann for ignoring the genocide of Native Americans; she was ‘destroying another people.’… Read the rest
Dylan Evans’s Utopia Experiment
Jul 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The logs were symbolic of the enormity of what I’d taken on and I just froze.’… Read the rest
Cyberbullying
Jul 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Anonymity brings out the shark in people.… Read the rest
Foreign Policy Lists the Stupidest Fatwas
Jul 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
From Pokemon to Polio.… Read the rest
Celebrating the Sanctity of Tuberculosis
Jul 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Supporters took part in a pooja ceremony celebrating the sanctity of life at the temple enclosure. … Read the rest
Hindu Expert Says Monks Got it Wrong
Jul 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Their interpretation of Hinduism was naive and simplistic, said Jay Lakhani.… Read the rest
South Africa: Men Tell Women to Wear Skirts
Jul 26th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A trouser-wearing woman in Umlazi township was stripped naked and her shack burnt down.… Read the rest
Roger Scruton on the Anthropology of Religion
Jul 26th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The important thing is not god or gods but the sacred.… Read the rest
Muslim Support for Suicide Bombing Falls
Jul 26th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pew Survey reports fall in support since 2002, but in Palestine support is still at 70%.… Read the rest
More Immunity for Religion, Islam in Particular
Jul 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Malaysian government warns it could use anti-terrorism laws against bloggers who ‘insult’ Islam.… Read the rest
