‘Identity labels have nothing to do with how anyone actually experiences life.’… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Pamuk Trial Halted on First Day 
Dec 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Trials concerning freedom of thought should never happen in the first place and should not be prolonged.… Read the rest
Xian Right All Upset About Xmas Without X
Dec 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
White House pets saying ‘happy holidays’ is just too much.… Read the rest
Human Rights Watch on ‘Ministers of Murder’
Dec 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ahmadinejad has packed his government with officials responsible for serious human rights abuses.… Read the rest
HRW Page on ‘Ministers of Murder’
Dec 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Human Rights Watch reports.… Read the rest
Mistake to Hop on Islamist Bandwagon
Dec 15th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Trendy government is prepared to pursue communalist policy redolent of colonies. … Read the rest
Women Forbidden to Use Public Transport
Dec 15th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women in northern Nigeria forbidden to ride on motorbike taxis; religious marshals enforce the law.… Read the rest
Political Islam a Challenge to French Secularism
Dec 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Theocracy rears its head again.… Read the rest
Pamuk to go on Trial for ‘Insulting Turkishness’
Dec 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
High-profile prosecution has caused a stir in Brussels.… Read the rest
Can’t Contextualize Any More
Dec 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For Holocaust denial by a head of state, the usual apologetics won’t work.… Read the rest
‘Theory’ Such Old News, Says CHE, Yawning
Dec 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Then gives pile of quotations showing opposite. Very ironic, very theoretical.… Read the rest
Hitchens Remembers Gene McCarthy
Dec 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
McCarthy’s 1968 campaign is one of the best correctives to the stupid cult of the Kennedy family. … Read the rest
Munira Mirza on Race Awareness Training
Dec 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Diversity training may reinforce the sense of difference between people.… Read the rest
Ahmadinejad Calls Holocaust a ‘Myth’
Dec 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Calls for Jews to move to Alaska.… Read the rest
Chris Mooney Reviews Tom Bethell
Dec 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bethell takes the political right’s ‘war on science’ to a whole new level. … Read the rest
Pointless Execution Goes Forward
Dec 13th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Reformed man doing useful work killed anyway.… Read the rest
When Did Lit Crit and Aesthetics Break Up?
Dec 13th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Interpretation is the revenge of moralism upon art.… Read the rest
‘Publicly Denigrating Turkish Identity’ is a Crime
Dec 13th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Angry nationalism sees freedom of thought as a Western invention.… Read the rest
Where Are the Big Questions?
Dec 13th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In the philosophy and history departments, for two.… Read the rest
German Officers Knew About Holocaust
Dec 13th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
According to newly revealed transcripts of conversations between captured generals.… Read the rest
