Kofi Annan said ‘catastrophic injustice’ had been done to Zimbabwe’s poorest. … 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Humour is Reason’s Greatest Ally 
Jul 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A racist assumption that we should privilege the beliefs of a minority.… Read the rest
Polly Toynbee on the Death Cult
Jul 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
This is not about poverty, deprivation or cultural dislocation.… Read the rest
Ian McEwan Felt Sickened With Anger
Jul 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What keeps getting forgotten is that the people committing massacres in Iraq belong to al-Qaida. … Read the rest
Norman Geras on Apologists
Jul 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Note the selectivity in the way root-causes arguments function. … Read the rest
The Booklet Advocates Killing ‘Refusers’
Jul 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The booklet could not have been published without the ministry’s knowledge and approval.’… Read the rest
Disaffected Young Men
Jul 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The evil programs on TV, the music, the literature, the magazines are all responsible.’… Read the rest
Eve Garrard: ‘Not Just, and Not Tidy Either’
Jul 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There’s no guarantee that good things will receive a welcome in the world.… Read the rest
Famine Threatens Niger
Jul 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bad harvest, locust infestation, slow response.… Read the rest
‘Animal Rights’ Arsonists Torch Oxford Boathouse
Jul 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility on Bite Back magazine website.… Read the rest
New Incidents in London
Jul 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Early reports suggest not on the scale of two weeks ago.… Read the rest
Bang Bang
Jul 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Detonators set off on two tube trains and bus. Celebrate Grievance Day.… Read the rest
Roots
Jul 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What to do about pupils suspended from school?… Read the rest
Straussians, Shachtmanites, and Bush
Jul 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Convergence of two philosophical brotherhoods owes little to widely disparate philosophies.… Read the rest
What are Religious ‘Rights’?
Jul 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is religion private, voluntary, individual, textual, believed, or public, coercive, communal, oral, enacted?… Read the rest
Economist I G Patel 1924-2005
Jul 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Thatcher asked him: ‘How is it that LSE always has foreigners at its head?’… Read the rest
97% Odds That God Raised JC From Dead
Jul 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Richard Swinburne: probability that God exists 1 in 2, ditto that he ‘became incarnate.’… Read the rest
Getting Pesky Old Books Out of Libraries
Jul 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Libraries now ‘active, buzzing, lively’ – just like any other coffee shop.… Read the rest
More Like a Restaurant Than a Library
Jul 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Maybe the absence of books confirms disposition to think them irrelevant.… Read the rest
