7 near-simultaneous blasts went off during rush hour in the suburbs.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Francis Wheen on the Poet of Dialectics 
Jul 11th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Das Kapital a literary masterpiece: Gothic novel, Victorian melodrama, Greek tragedy, Swiftian satire.… Read the rest
World This Weekend [audio]
Jul 11th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Muslims who don’t want to join the MCB have a hard time getting a hearing.… Read the rest
Jeff Weintraub on Stickling for International Law
Jul 10th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Including the Genocide Convention.… Read the rest
Asians in Media on Channel 4 Documentary
Jul 10th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Martin Bright tells AIM the government fails to represent diversity of opinion among British Muslims.… Read the rest
Spanish PM a No-show for Papal Nag
Jul 10th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pope gave a homily praising traditional family, marriage between a man and a woman – geddit?… Read the rest
Define ‘Islamophobia’
Jul 10th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rational fear of certain Islamic ideas is different from hatred of, or incitement against, Muslims.… Read the rest
The Economics of Immigration
Jul 10th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Do unskilled immigrants drive wages down? Evidence has been hard to find.… Read the rest
Iran Sends Human Rights Abuser to UN HRC
Jul 9th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Saeed Mortazavi has been accused of direct participation in the murder of Zahra Kazemi.… Read the rest
Defense of ‘Feminist’ Ghettoization
Jul 9th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When women self-obsess, that’s ‘political’. Is it?… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on the FO and the Muslim Brotherhood
Jul 9th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Don’t miss Inayat’s charming comment.… Read the rest
Researchers Say 7/7 Was About Machismo
Jul 9th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Suicide bombing in general is understandable in terms that are pretty ordinary.’… Read the rest
Canadian Book Chain Bans ‘Free Inquiry’
Jul 9th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Indigo books banned Harper’s after learning June issue had all 12 prophet cartoons; FI came next.… Read the rest
Machismo? Moi?
Jul 9th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Muslim ‘cleric’ jokes about bombings, hopes not to die in bed like old woman.… Read the rest
Vatican Heading Back to Inquisition
Jul 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Italy’s leading expert on cloning likens the Vatican to the Taliban.… Read the rest
Anger at Cardinal’s Excommunication Promise
Jul 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Other planet residence suggested.… Read the rest
Salman Rushdie Talks to Bill Moyers
Jul 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The big change may come because Muslim women reject the oppression that they’ve been subjected to.’… Read the rest
Colin McGinn Talks to Bill Moyers
Jul 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I think there’s too much tolerance of faith, and there’s not enough respect for reason.’… Read the rest
Karen Armstrong Takes Oddly Selective View
Jul 8th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Seems to assume that all Muslim suffering is at the hands of non-Muslims. Not quite right.… Read the rest
Death Penalty for not Praying in Somalia
Jul 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Somali Muslims who fail to perform daily prayers will be killed in accordance with Koranic law.… Read the rest
