He’s not a great fan.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Stick a Hawk on Your Window 
Mar 16th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Window glass can be fatal for birds.… Read the rest
Odd That Creationists Don’t Mention Tumors
Mar 16th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tumors are a miracle of natural complexity – surely a case of Intelligent Design? No?… Read the rest
Is Muslim Anti-Semitism a Taboo Subject?
Mar 16th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And if so, why?… Read the rest
Cool Dude Watches ‘Sex and the City’
Mar 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘the underlying essentialist myths of city women as vampiric succubi’… Read the rest
Geza Vermes on Gibson’s Movie
Mar 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gratutitously brutal, historically wrong, and likely to inspire judeophobia. Other than that, it’s swell.… Read the rest
Peppered Moths at LSE
Mar 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Darwin Day celebrated with an impassioned denunciation of moth-bothering Darwin-baiters.… Read the rest
Whose Enlightenment?
Mar 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ideas about fallibility, religion, multiculturalism, parochialism divide Europe and the US.… Read the rest
Hope and Fantasy Impeded Clear Thinking
Mar 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Interventions amount to a promise, Michael Ignatieff says.… Read the rest
Hamlet: ‘This World Sucks, KnowhatI’msayin?’
Mar 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Shakespeare thou art translated.… Read the rest
Teacher Cleared of Assault in Hijab Case
Mar 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Head of science at Bretton Woods School in Peterborough cleared by unanimous verdict.… Read the rest
In Madrid
Mar 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Madrid knew it was witnessing the biggest mass-protest in Spanish history.’… Read the rest
Jayson Blair Rappels Down Mount Excuse
Mar 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘this sloppy, padded and dishonest work only adds to his growing word count of lies.’… Read the rest
Biography: Fact, Fiction, and How to Tell
Mar 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Perhaps group biographies get at more of the truth than individual ones do.… Read the rest
Teddy Adorno and Britney Spears
Mar 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Frankfurt School encounters the bare midriff.… Read the rest
Bulging Eyes in Cartoons Mean What?!
Mar 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Semioticians look at cartoons and discover what everyone already knows.… Read the rest
Somalia Observes International Women’s Day
Mar 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A campaign against Female Genital Mutilation has been launched throughout Somalia.… Read the rest
A World More Attractive
Mar 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Encyclopedia, library, news magazines, book reviews, Octavio Paz, Hegel.… Read the rest
Confusion Over Fusion
Mar 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Scientists fall out over fusion – again.… Read the rest
Islamism and Democracy
Mar 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Democracy is one thing, rights are another.… Read the rest
