Uganda’s progress has been reversed, perhaps due to switch from condoms to abstinence.… 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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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Hari Kunzru on Ossified Multiculturalism 
Nov 22nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Our views are too often inferred from a dialogue with self-appointed, conservative ‘community leaders.’… Read the rest
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on an Optimistic Breeze
Nov 22nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Once activists stood up for all victims of racism and the internal oppressions within groups.… Read the rest
Some Massacres are More Massacres Than Others
Nov 22nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Army shelling at Kathiraveli killed at least 65 civilians; where is the UN condemnation?… Read the rest
Sunny Hundal on Self-appointed Leaders
Nov 21st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It is in everyone’s interests to challenge those who claim to speak for entire groups.… Read the rest
Manifesto Seeks an End to Communalist Politics
Nov 21st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We want to be treated not as homogenous blocks but as free-thinking citizens with diverse views.… Read the rest
Polygamy is Multicultural Isn’t It?
Nov 21st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s all about female subservience, one escapee says.… Read the rest
Elaine Scarry on Why Military Honour Matters
Nov 21st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Disregarding the laws of war leads to neo-absolutism.… Read the rest
Science Fights Back at Last
Nov 21st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And the Templeton Foundation gets huffy.… Read the rest
Robert Pirsig Interview
Nov 20th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘There are crackpots with crazy ideas all over the world, and what evidence was I giving that I was not one of them?’… Read the rest
Review of Kingsley Amis Biography
Nov 20th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
KA spent a good deal of time making sure his whole personality was more or less continually on view.… Read the rest
The Wrong Sort of Petition
Nov 20th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Asking LSE to condemn unpopular research without regard for its academic merit. … Read the rest
BBC Reporter Dilawar Khan Wazir Missing
Nov 20th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Was reporting on pro-Taleban militants in Waziristan; has received threats.… Read the rest
Multiculturalism Questioned in Canada
Nov 19th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Maintenance of cultural and religious practices clashes with women’s rights.… Read the rest
Al-Jazeera International Covers Developing World
Nov 19th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But at the price of ignoring other news.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on the Housing Bubble
Nov 19th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Inflated housing prices are not an unmixed blessing.… Read the rest
Chaotic Religious Blather Makes a Comeback
Nov 19th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Incompatible claims whiz around, theists nag, secularists wince, archbishops scold.… Read the rest
Michael Ignatieff as Philosopher King
Nov 19th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is ‘a hunger for political engagement, a need for inspiration.’… Read the rest
Jonathan Sacks Explains About God
Nov 19th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Talks what sounds to a nonbeliever like condescending evasive noise.… Read the rest
Tariq Ramadan Explains About Allah
Nov 19th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Humphrys will keep asking about stoning to death.… Read the rest
