Ayaan Hirsi Ali cites widespread hidden violence against Muslim women.… 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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Human Rights Apartheid 
Sep 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Where only black people can condemn black homophobia.… Read the rest
Aaronovitch on Secularism, Rights, and Everything
Sep 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Funny how religion is all about restraining women…… Read the rest
Mundir Badr Haloum on Islam and Terrorism
Sep 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Belief in legal rulings that forbid thought and permit killing.… Read the rest
Steven Shapin Arrives at Harvard
Sep 25th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Shapin’s work is more controversial than article acknowledges.… Read the rest
Tom Paulin on Edward Said
Sep 25th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Compares him to Hazlitt, which is high praise.… Read the rest
Militant Pro-hunt Groups Target Labour MPs
Sep 25th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Animal welfare groups have also been targeted.… Read the rest
Compare Kerry and Bush on Science
Sep 25th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The candidates answer fifteen questions.… Read the rest
Discover Compares Bush and Kerry on Science
Sep 25th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Feints and winks are one thing, action is another.… Read the rest
Hitchens on Knowing Who is the Real Enemy
Sep 25th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The world these fascists want to create is one of constant submission and servility.’… Read the rest
14 Years in Vegetative State
Sep 24th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Florida Supreme Court rules Gov. Bush’s intervention in coma case illegal.… Read the rest
Nigerian Teacher Flees Angry Students
Sep 24th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Christian teacher has gone into hiding in northern Nigerian city after offending Muslim pupils. … Read the rest
Howard Gardner on Personality Tests
Sep 24th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They are popular but not reliable or valid. Uh oh.… Read the rest
Atheism is Career Suicide for US Politicians
Sep 23rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Moratorium on God talk might level the playing field. … Read the rest
Focusing on the Wrong Enemy
Sep 23rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
So much noise about Bush compared to so little about beheaders and other undemocratic types.… Read the rest
The Booker Shortlist
Sep 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dangor, Hall, Hollinghurst, Mitchell, Tóibín, Woodward.… Read the rest
Second Hostage Reported Murdered
Sep 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Message on Islamist website claims al-Zarqawi’s group has killed second US hostage in Iraq.… Read the rest
Labeling, Euphemism, Mistakes
Sep 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Should terrorists be called militants? Should fugitives be called terrorists? Depends.… Read the rest
Edward Skidelsky Reviews Julian Baggini
Sep 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘If value is not cosmic, then it is social.’ Really?… Read the rest
Whither Theory?
Sep 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Theory, theory, theory, high theory, theory, theory. … Read the rest
