Dislike of American mass culture doesn’t make Adorno a political conservative.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Illness as Identity 
Mar 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Losing a leg and half your brain cells can be an opportunity to learn…… Read the rest
Unanswered Questions in George Sand Biography
Mar 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What were the origins of Sand’s rebellion and her ambition as a writer?… Read the rest
Academic Freedom? Wozzat?
Mar 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Graham Larkin of Stanford and Bill Morrow of California legislature debate.… Read the rest
Sanity Has Drama Enough
Mar 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Brenda Maddox reads Adam Phillips and considers Freud.… Read the rest
Tom DeLay’s Flexible Standard
Mar 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No fiery rhetoric as congressman joined family consensus to let his father die.… Read the rest
Michael Shermer on the Fossil Fallacy
Mar 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Creationists’ demand for fossils of ‘missing links’ reveals deep misunderstanding of science. … Read the rest
Genuine Trauma and Physiological Response
Mar 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But the stimulus was still fantasy.… Read the rest
Muslim Brotherhood Demo Blocked in Cairo
Mar 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Police arrested some 50 members around the country on Saturday.… Read the rest
Egypt Arrests Muslim Brotherhood Members
Mar 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
MB pledged to use peaceful democratic means to establish an Islamic state. … Read the rest
Human Rights Advisor to Turkish PM Resigns
Mar 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Yavuz Onen has bitterly criticised attitude of Turkish government on human rights.… Read the rest
Most Tsunami Dead Were Women, Oxfam Says
Mar 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Reports of rapes, harassment and forced marriages from emergency camps.… Read the rest
Malaysia to Curb ‘Moral Policing’
Mar 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Human rights, labour and women’s groups called on government to restrain state Islamic departments.… Read the rest
Jesus Candle Burns Elderly Woman’s Apartment
Mar 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pictures, heart medicine gone, but flag remains. A miracle.… Read the rest
Polly Toynbee on the Elusive Easy Death
Mar 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dying people beg for a quick injection, in vain.… Read the rest
Clifford Geertz on Very Bad News
Mar 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jared Diamond and Richard Posner on collapse and catastrophe.… Read the rest
His Books Must Be Kept at a Distance
Mar 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ultra-Orthodox rabbi tries to reconcile science and the Torah, is denounced for his pains.… Read the rest
Supreme Court Rejects Schiavo Appeal
Mar 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is no legal case, says Reagan solicitor general.… Read the rest
Jeb Bush Adoption Hopes Dashed
Mar 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Florida judge rejects governor’s bid to become Schiavo’s legal guardian.… Read the rest
Arson at Mosque ‘Was Meant to Be’
Mar 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why were suspects arrested then?… Read the rest
