In politics you don’t know how many will agree with what you have to say until you’ve said it.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Eve Garrard on Moral Values and the Left 
May 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Euston Manifesto opposes double standards that overlook little items like genocide.… Read the rest
Betrayal of the ‘Brown Memsahib’
May 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hirsi Ali’s views on universal human rights are getting her forced out of the Netherlands.… Read the rest
Tens of Thousands Protest in Turkey
May 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Self-styled ‘soldier of Allah’ shot five judges over hijab ruling; protesters defend secularism.… Read the rest
Turkish Newspapers are Horrified
May 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘This is the 11 September of the Republic of Turkey’ says Ertugrul Ozkok in ‘Hurriyet’.… Read the rest
Norm Geras on Stating the Obvious
May 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Past movements have fought oppression and injustice without randomly slaughtering people.… Read the rest
Ward Churchill Verdict
May 17th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Committee found Churchill had committed falsification, fabrication, plagiarism.… Read the rest
Summary of Churchill Report [pdf]
May 17th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The misconduct was deliberate and not a
matter of an occasional careless error.… Read the rest
Religious Militias Murder Gays in Baghdad
May 17th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The fanatics’ list of enemies is growing: girls who refuse hijab, longhaired boys, liberal professors.… Read the rest
Voltaire and Erasmus Are Pissed
May 17th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hirsi Ali stripped of citizenship overnight, to the fury of many.… Read the rest
Rasool Nafisi: the Meaning of Jahanbegloo’s Arrest
May 17th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ahmadinejad and his ideological cohorts see Ramin as a symbol of ‘westoxication’. … Read the rest
Free Ramin Jahanbegloo
May 17th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Eurozine joins the list of signers.… Read the rest
Misery in the Mariana Islands
May 17th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And what Abramoff and DeLay did to block legislation that would have changed things.… Read the rest
More From Rebecca Clarren on the Marianas
May 17th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women work up to 20 hours a day to pay recruitment fee and for housing and food.… Read the rest
Rebecca Goldstein on Spinoza
May 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Spinoza’s God is the sum of all the reasons for everything. But it’s not a God whom one can pray to.’… Read the rest
Sistani Removes Website’s ‘Death to Gays’ Fatwa
May 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But anti-lesbian fatwa remains.… Read the rest
Kevin Phillips on God’s Own Party
May 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It is the stuff of nightmares.… Read the rest
History is not Relevant
May 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Teachers and academics protest as some Scottish schools drop history from the timetable.… Read the rest
Identity and Violence
May 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sen takes aim at ‘solitarist’ approach to identity: seeing humans as members of exactly one group.… Read the rest
