In Morocco, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, sharia is being reformed.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Baby Prostitutes 
Sep 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Are girls being taught to make themselves sexy at ever-younger ages? Stupid question.… Read the rest
What if it’s Neither Narrative nor Meta-narrative?
Sep 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Terry Eagleton on life, the universe and everything.… Read the rest
Aaronovitch Reviews Furedi
Sep 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is some dumbing down, but there’s also broader access to education.… Read the rest
Another Call for Reform
Sep 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Irshad Manji’s book.… Read the rest
Sharia Tribunals Divide Muslim Canadians
Sep 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Homa Arjomand says Sharia in Canada is one of her worst nightmares come true.… Read the rest
Higher Pay for Teaching While Black?
Sep 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Should first offence be free unless a gun or knife is involved?… Read the rest
Inclusion for Gunless First Offense Risky
Sep 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What teachers are expected to put up with in the name of inclusion…… Read the rest
Gangsta Culture Not All That Educational
Sep 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Street culture will become a deadly virus robbing millions of their potential’… Read the rest
No, Black Gays are not Happy With Murder Music
Sep 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Black Gay Men’s Advisory Group has launched Declaration Against Homophobia in Music.… Read the rest
Is Islam Reforming?
Sep 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Only within limits set by mullahs. But that’s a start.… Read the rest
Human Development and Capability Association
Sep 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Launched September 6.… Read the rest
Utopia, Freedom, the State, 4th and final part
Sep 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Marxism and the central values and intellectual resources of liberalism.… Read the rest
Response to Atheist in Florida
Sep 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There are others, but they keep their heads down. Maybe if we all kept our heads up…?… Read the rest
Multiple Intelligences
Sep 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Athletic, interpersonal, conversational, fainting in coils…… Read the rest
Not Extremists, Activists, Protestors; Terrorists
Sep 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Campaigns of violence and intimidation to liberate guinea pigs.… Read the rest
Scott McLemee’s ‘Zizek Watch’ Online At Last
Sep 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fisting, Zapatistas, Hegel’s concept of the beautiful soul, surfboarding, all in one essay.… Read the rest
Utopia, Freedom, the State, part 3
Sep 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Attention to impulses there are in human beings to seize advantage over others.… Read the rest
Al-Muhajiroun and its ‘Spiritual Leader’
Sep 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There are two types of terrorism: the type praised by the almighty Allah and the type dispraised.… Read the rest
