Celebrate.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
E O Wilson on the Launch of ‘Sustainability’ 
Apr 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why Internet magazines can be useful.… Read the rest
Terry Eagleton on Literary Wittgenstein
Apr 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Wittgenstein is the philosopher of novelists and movie directors. Hmmm…… Read the rest
Egg-Implantation-Prevention is Murder!
Apr 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Even though fertilized eggs naturally fail to implant 40 to 60 percent of the time.… Read the rest
Forget Teaching, It’s Only Crowd Control
Apr 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s a wonder there are any teachers left…… Read the rest
Habermas on Discursive Communication
Apr 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Victor Navasky: journalism is supposed to be opinionated, that’s its job.… Read the rest
Girl and Parents Threaten Self-immolation
Apr 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Human rights organisations criticise increase in crimes against women in Pakistan.… Read the rest
Toddler Enslaved to Punish Her Uncle in Pakistan
Apr 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Village courts are illegal but powerful; common for verdicts to target innocent, particularly women.… Read the rest
Women Protest Talibanization of Pakistan
Apr 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘These mullahs want us to just stay home, have children and God knows what else.’… Read the rest
Liberalism Doesn’t Need Communitarian Correction
Apr 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It needs conviction, which underpins passion.… Read the rest
University Admissions and Athletes
Apr 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Demand for athletes plays a larger role in admissions than most people realize.… Read the rest
Horowitz’s War on Rational Discourse
Apr 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Graham Larkin takes on an instrumentalist version of ‘truth.’… Read the rest
Law on How to Teach Colonialism
Apr 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
French historians think it not up to state to say how history should be taught.… Read the rest
Columbia University as Labour-gouger
Apr 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Universities ‘liberal’? Not if you look at their labour policies.… Read the rest
Victims of Jihad
Apr 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Report from the Commission on Human Rights.
External Resources
- Conference Report
NGO report on the conference - Victims of Jihad
Report from the Commission on Human Rights.
Tom Frank on Bizarro US Populism
Apr 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Where tax cuts on stock dividends are a blow against elites.… Read the rest
Another Pogrom in the Making
Apr 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Muslim majority threatens minority sect in Bogra, Bangladesh.… Read the rest
Girls Abducted Into Armed Groups
Apr 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
To do domestic and military work, and nearly always as sexual slaves too.… Read the rest
Labour Vows to Force Religious Hatred Bill Through
Apr 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pledge in letters mailed to mosques across Britain by Home Secretary’s office.… Read the rest
