Two out of three GM strains ‘should not be grown’.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
We’re Close Enough, Dammit! 
Oct 2nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Touchy-feely blather not the best way to relax after a hard day?… Read the rest
Remembering Said
Oct 2nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A polemicist and literary warrior in the tradition of Swift.… Read the rest
Uh Oh
Oct 2nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Do we really need ‘criticism’ of science similar to that of ‘art, literature, movies, architecture’?… Read the rest
Review of Bountiful Harvest
Oct 1st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Thomas DeGregori examines antitechnology movements that keep the world’s poor in poverty.… Read the rest
Head Scarves, Rights, Secularism
Oct 1st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rights talk doesn’t help when two ‘rights’ are incompatible.… Read the rest
Said Inspired but Also Forestalled
Oct 1st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rejecting all criticism as Orientalist is not what a scholar should do.… Read the rest
Murder in the Name of Tradition
Sep 30th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The justice system will come down on you like a ton of bricks’ for so-called ‘crimes of honour.’… Read the rest
Confusing Politics with Conformity
Sep 30th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Conservative’ can be just code for ‘different from me’.… Read the rest
Philip Pullman Worries About Testing
Sep 30th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Teaching for the test makes children hate literature, Pullman says.… Read the rest
BBC ‘Hostile’ to Catholic Church?
Sep 29th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Archbishop equates criticism with hostility, calls it offensive.… Read the rest
Honour Killing Regret
Sep 29th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Father kills daughter for relationship with Christian.… Read the rest
Simon Schama Introduces Roy Porter
Sep 29th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A history of ‘the long, vexed relationship between the body and the rest of us.’… Read the rest
Bernard-Henri Lévy Asks Who and Why
Sep 29th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘…is terrorism the bastard child of a demonic couple: Islam and Europe?’… Read the rest
Ill-served by his Acolytes
Sep 28th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Terry Eagleton thinks it’s politically catastrophic that cultural theory refuses to engage the big issues.… Read the rest
Tartan Hot Pants at the Tate Modern
Sep 28th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fashionable where? In what circles? David Aaronovitch wonders.… Read the rest
Social Engineering in University Admissions?
Sep 27th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We have to decide what we mean by fairness.’… Read the rest
Williams on Truth
Sep 27th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A review of Bernard Williams’ last book.… Read the rest
Hitchens on Said
Sep 27th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A moving, emotional tribute, that discusses flaws as well as virtues, but with emphasis on the latter.… Read the rest
Sisterhood is Powerful
Sep 27th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Elisabeth Nietzsche embodied everything her brother disdained, and she continues to warp his legacy.… Read the rest
