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Inevitably links go out of date.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.


Quantum Feminism Found at U of Toronto! *

Apr 1st, 2007 | Filed by

Quantum feminisms do not inhabit a network; they are the network of feminist discourse in virtual space.… Read the rest



Jesus and Mo on Sexual Orientation Regulations *

Apr 1st, 2007 | Filed by

Some of their best friends.… Read the rest



So, Jesus, About Your Mother *

Apr 1st, 2007 | Filed by

Mo is so insensitive sometimes.… Read the rest



Ben Goldacre on Consumer Drug Advertizing *

Apr 1st, 2007 | Filed by

Doctors are trained to spot bullshit, consumers not so much.… Read the rest



Raymond Tallis Lecture mp3 *

Apr 1st, 2007 | Filed by

A stirring response to everyone who thinks medicine is a scam.… Read the rest



Terry Teachout on The Joan Didion Show *

Mar 31st, 2007 | Filed by

Many distracting pieces of notice-me trickery disfigure this meretricious play.… Read the rest



No Human Right to Criticize Religion *

Mar 31st, 2007 | Filed by

OIC pushes through a resolution at UN HRC urging global prohibition on public defamation of religion.… Read the rest



Index on Censorship on Conflicting Rights *

Mar 31st, 2007 | Filed by

Certain countries not famously defenders of liberty have made ‘defamation of religion’ an issue.… Read the rest



Chocolate Jesus Canceled *

Mar 31st, 2007 | Filed by

Gallery’s artistic director cites ‘strong-arming from people who haven’t seen the show.’… Read the rest



Zimbardo Revisits the Zimbardo Experiment *

Mar 31st, 2007 | Filed by

He became part of it himself. ‘”It is terrible what YOU are doing to those boys!” she yelled at me.’… Read the rest



Leeds Destitution Inquiry Presents its Findings *

Mar 30th, 2007 | Filed by

Calls for a policy in which asylum seekers can contribute to society rather than rely on precarious handouts.… Read the rest



Julian Baggini on Jack Sprat Solutions *

Mar 30th, 2007 | Filed by

There is no way of being tough and effective without being fair, and no way of being fair without tough choices.… Read the rest



James Randerson at Westminster Hall *

Mar 30th, 2007 | Filed by

Hitchens, Dawkins, Grayling meet Neuberger, Scruton, Spivey.… Read the rest



Yum, Chocolate Jesus *

Mar 30th, 2007 | Filed by

Catholic League is irritated. Lack of loin cloth doesn’t help much.… Read the rest



Louis Theroux Visits ‘God Hates Fags’ Family *

Mar 30th, 2007 | Filed by

Exploring what is cruelty. Start with an angry, cruel, domineering man, and go on from there.… Read the rest



Pope Promises Eternal Punishment *

Mar 29th, 2007 | Filed by

‘The problem today is society does not talk about Hell. It’s as if it did not exist, but it does.’… Read the rest



Nick Cohen Talks to Julian Baggini *

Mar 29th, 2007 | Filed by

Philosophical training to be as critical of the biases he and friends shared as of the biases of others.… Read the rest



People Don’t Talk About Hell Enough Any More *

Mar 29th, 2007 | Filed by

Good to have a pope who doesn’t mess around with no hell and no devil and human rights.… Read the rest



Steven Pinker on the History of Violence *

Mar 29th, 2007 | Filed by

Romantic theory gets it backward: modernity has made us less violent, not more so.… Read the rest



Updike Reviews Isaacson on Einstein *

Mar 29th, 2007 | Filed by

Special relativity has a flavor of the patent office.… Read the rest