Buju Banton’s Boom Bye Bye urges people to shoot gays in the head, pour acid over them, burn them.… 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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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Philip Rieff Obituary 
Jul 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Best known in scholarly circles for three early works on Freud and culture… Read the rest
Never Mind the Flag, Save the Constitution
Jul 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The First Amendment exists to forestall the instatement of taboos.… Read the rest
BBC Anoints MCB and Bari Yet Again
Jul 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Head of self-appointed unelected ‘Council’ called a ‘leading Muslim’ and respectfully quoted.… Read the rest
Munira Mirza: Nobody Elected Khan or Tanweer
Jul 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But they thought elected governments had less claim to act on behalf of people than they did. … 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
The Hidden Power: David Addington
Jul 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The New Paradigm rests on a reading of the Constitution that few legal scholars share.… Read the rest
Iranian Journalist Urges Freeing Political Prisoners
Jul 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Akbar Ganji says Jahanbegloo, Mansoor Osanloo, Ali Akbar Moussavi Khoeini should be freed.… Read the rest
Lecturing Skills
Jul 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not everyone has them, Jonathan Wolff points out.… Read the rest
Jon Wiener on a Lesson from Churchill Inquiry
Jul 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Whatever the political background, falsification matters.… Read the rest
Scott McLemee on University Presses and Blogs
Jul 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bloggers are no longer the equivalent of ham-radio operators.… Read the rest
T Shirt Sellers Fined Under Public Order Act
Jul 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The language was deemed to cause harassment, distress or alarm.’… Read the rest
T Shirt Maker Accuses Police of Overreacting
Jul 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Police said the shirts were distressing the public.… Read the rest
Iran Urged to Release Ramin Jahanbegloo
Jul 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘This is difficult to understand since all he goes on about is Hegel.’… Read the rest
Richmond Library Gets Makeover
Jul 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Best hope of stopping Britain’s 154-year tradition of free libraries from becoming extinct.… Read the rest
Iran Ignores Canada Over Jahanbegloo Case
Jul 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Iran sent a delegation to UN HRC headed by prosecutor responsible for Kazemi’s arrest and detention.… Read the rest
Jahanbegloo Barred From Access to a Lawyer
Jul 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Official linked arrest of Jahanbegloo to US efforts to start ‘soft revolution’ in Iran.… Read the rest
Fighting Less Stressful Than Peacekeeping
Jul 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Peacekeepers sometimes have to stand by and watch horrors.… Read the rest
No MMR Vaccine Link to Autism
Jul 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
McGill University study finds mercury-based vaccines do not lead to increased risk of autism.… Read the rest
Pope Pitches Yet Another Fit About Gay Marriage
Jul 4th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
On account of how it will destroy the family.… Read the rest
