Misplaced commas, punctuation as technology, the mystery of voice in writing.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
13 Greenpeacers Arrested in GM Protest 
Jun 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Campaigners held after they prevent GM maize-carrying freighter from docking.… Read the rest
‘Honour’ Killings to be Reviewed
Jun 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
UK police re-examining more than 100 cases going back ten years.… Read the rest
Pakistan to Treat ‘Honour’ Killings as Murder
Jun 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Government taking practical steps to end custom of murder and other crimes against women.… Read the rest
Europe Tackles ‘Honour’ Killings
Jun 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
European police officials meeting to find ways to combat rising incidence.… Read the rest
Truth or Being Good?
Jun 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Which should universities teach?… Read the rest
Forget Math or History, Can You Kick a Ball?
Jun 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Athletic programs can subvert the integrity of their universities.… Read the rest
Some Thoughts on Crooked Thinking
Jun 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘the universe revealed by science is indifferent to our desires, aims and purposes.’… Read the rest
Happiness Research
Jun 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Economists need to understand the subject.… Read the rest
Petition Against Shari’a Court in Canada
Jun 19th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
International Campaign for the Defense of Women’s Rights in Iran offers a petition.… Read the rest
Truth-telling has to Wait
Jun 19th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mark Lawson says political pressures can make candour impossible.… Read the rest
Stuart Hampshire
Jun 19th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Obituary by Alan Ryan in the Independent.… Read the rest
Stuart Hampshire
Jun 19th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Excerpts from Times obituary.… Read the rest
News from Jordan, Iran, Afghanistan, Kuwait
Jun 19th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bulletin of Committee to Defend
Women’s Rights in the Middle East.… Read the rest
Guardian’s Joyce Links
Jun 18th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bloomsday, the Disneyfication of Ireland, new Mollies, O’Brien, Maddox.… Read the rest
Is Smoking a Class Issue?
Jun 18th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Are instruction and ’empowerment’ opposed? … Read the rest
Time and Effort – and Emotional Labour
Jun 18th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Madeleine Bunting on emotional demands the service economy makes on workers.… Read the rest
Cass Sunstein on ‘Second Bill of Rights’
Jun 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Roosevelt’s 1944 State of the Union speech has influenced constitutions around the world.… Read the rest
Religion in India and US
Jun 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Two major democracies deal with divisions over religion.… Read the rest
New Age and Skepticism: Two Cultures
Jun 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What it’s like to go from chakras and auras to critical thinking.… Read the rest
