By charging them with elitism.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Are Secular Jews Leaving Jerusalem? 
Dec 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fighting for the rights of the Other or living with the Other…… Read the rest
Mo Cult Studs
Dec 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Important for nomos to be anti-anti-Mormon – and contrariwise.… Read the rest
And Don’t Mention the Deity
Dec 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hollywood adaptation of Philip Pullman’s trilogy will omit anti-religious sentiments.… Read the rest
With Socrates on the Sofa
Dec 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or Kant on the couch, Hume on the hideabed, Locke on the loveseat.… Read the rest
Stupid Dino Tricks
Dec 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A visit to Kent Hovind’s Dinosaur Adventure Land in Florida.… Read the rest
He Sounded White Over the Phone
Dec 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
BNP hires black DJ for party; revellers feel unable to speak views openly; party a dud.… Read the rest
Where is the Argument to be Found?
Dec 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Philosopher reviews Harold Bloom book on wisdom, asks questions.… Read the rest
Blunkett Faces Revolt Over Religious Hatred Law
Dec 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
MPs, legal experts, comedians and others point out obvious flaws in idea.… Read the rest
Rowan Atkinson at Index on Censorship
Dec 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is a tolerant society one which tolerates injustices simply because they are perpetrated in the name of religion?… Read the rest
When Diversity Meets Islamism
Dec 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And when tolerance meets violence against women.… Read the rest
New Offense of ‘Inciting Religious Hatred’
Dec 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Via words that are abusive, insulting, likely to stir up racial hatred.… Read the rest
Were Enlightenment Deists Paper Tigers?
Dec 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Was deism a mere bogey invented by bishops to frighten waverers?… Read the rest
Wot’s Proactive Translatology?
Dec 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Discoursal practice implies social commitment. Etc. [link fixed]… Read the rest
Well Done, Bladders
Dec 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rowan Atkinson and others criticise religious hatred clause.… Read the rest
Alan Ryan on Intellectual Courage
Dec 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Aristotle, self-reliance, Hobbes, the problem of certainty.… Read the rest
George Kateb on Courage as Virtue
Dec 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
War, fear, shame; delight in seeing, comradeship, destruction.… Read the rest
Researcher Removes Name From Prayer Study
Dec 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Specialist takes name off controversial study of prayer’s effect on fertility.… Read the rest
Critical Whiteness Studies – the Introduction
Dec 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
High ratio of words to anything said. Repetition augments word count.… Read the rest
Women Kept Out of Sport by Islamic Group
Dec 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Another victory for the confinement and frustration of women.… Read the rest
