‘Ever since I became a religious person, I’ve noticed how much our country is deteriorating.’… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Girl Executed for Being Raped
Aug 8th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhen Atefah realised her case was hopeless, she threw off her veil in protest. Fatal move.… Read the rest
Armageddon Fans Look Forward to WWIII
Aug 8th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonEvangelist claims confrontation with Iran is necessary to fulfill God’s plan for the future of the world.… Read the rest
BHL in Israel
Aug 7th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBehind the scenes, a fascism with an Islamist face.… Read the rest
Nicholas Humphrey’s Seeing Red
Aug 7th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘It is our experience of the inner world that confirms the existence of a person.’… Read the rest
Real Voices of Brick Lane are Silent
Aug 7th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Greer is assuming a community speaks with one voice; it is patronising and arrogant.’… Read the rest
Ah, That’s a Relief
Aug 7th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘We only want to stop people from committing bad acts and help maintain the honor of Islam.’… Read the rest
More Pictures from Stop the War Demo
Aug 7th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHezbollah flags, we are all Hezbollah signs, more Hezbollah flags.… Read the rest
First Chapter of Hofstadter Biography
Aug 6th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Hofstadter exhibited an enviable ability to connect with a large, critical, and politically conscious readership.’… Read the rest
John Gray on Sen’s Identity and Violence
Aug 6th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAttack on ‘solitarist’ theory that identities are formed by membership of a single social group.… Read the rest
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on Cosmopolitanism
Aug 6th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe left sees cosmopolitanism as dilettante and elitist, the right sees it as unpatriotic.… Read the rest
Simon Blackburn on Plato’s Republic
Aug 6th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘If any books change the world, Republic has a good claim to first place.’… Read the rest
Sam Tanenhaus Reviews Hofstadter Biography
Aug 6th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSome of his best-known ideas came in think pieces in general interest magazines.… Read the rest
Robert Wokler 1942-2006
Aug 5th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonContested with postmodernism the Enlightenment’s putative responsibility for the Holocaust.… Read the rest
Protesters Call for Cease-fire in Lebanon
Aug 5th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMarch organized by the Stop The War Coalition.… Read the rest
Germaine Greer on Brick Lane Again
Aug 5th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSilently tweaks what she said the first time…… Read the rest
Jeremy Stangroom on Little Atoms
Aug 4th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFriday afternoon at 4:30.… Read the rest
Anti-semitism on the Left
Aug 4th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonConstruction of a ‘community’ or ‘people’ is dependent on the construction of an enemy.… Read the rest
Dare to be Dumb
Aug 4th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIn science, feeling confused is essential to progress; unwillingness to feel lost can stop creativity dead.… Read the rest
The Transformational Power of Sex and Death
Aug 4th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIntelligent design is the bait on the barbed hook of creationist belief.… Read the rest