Alexandra Stein on the appeal and danger of cults.… 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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The Bookseller of Kabul 
Sep 21st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And his campaign against the Norwegian reporter who revealed how women are treated in Afghanistan.… Read the rest
Treated Like Dirt Even by Small Boys
Sep 21st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Even middle-class men treat women appallingly in Afghanistan.… Read the rest
Interview with Donald Davidson
Sep 20th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Long, searching discussion of both his life and his work.… Read the rest
Bit of a Mistake, Really
Sep 20th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If the US and UK hadn’t removed Mossadegh in 1953, things might have gone better…… Read the rest
Horowitz Answers, Walker Answers Him
Sep 20th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What would the consequences of the Academic Bill of Rights really be?… Read the rest
You Can’t Read This
Sep 20th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Publishers of specialist scientific journals are shutting out the public.… Read the rest
Eagleton After Theory
Sep 20th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Postmodernists oppose universality, and well they might: nothing is more parochial than the kind of human being they admire.’… Read the rest
Unilateralism Meets Complacency
Sep 20th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Le Monde editor suggests middle ground.… Read the rest
Roger Scruton on Donald Davidson
Sep 19th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And ‘the sound made by a research programme when it hits’ – Cambridge.… Read the rest
Video-Game Archaeology
Sep 19th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Stuffing artefacts in sacks, bayonetting, and other tricks of the trade.… Read the rest
Another Susan Greenfield Interview
Sep 19th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tolerance is good, but so is self-improvement.… Read the rest
Reason v. Academic Bill of Rights
Sep 19th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Suddenly, “academic freedom” starts to sound like an encroachment on the freedoms of the faculty.’… Read the rest
Is Some Black Music Homophobic?
Sep 19th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Do the MOBOs celebrate artists with an anti-gay agenda?… Read the rest
Outmoded Authoritative Structures?
Sep 18th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Did the makers of ‘The Matrix’ get Baudrillard wrong? Or were they making a subtle point about – oh never mind.… Read the rest
Richard Sennett on Patriotism
Sep 18th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dissonance cannot be resolved by a cathartic destructive act.… Read the rest
Perhaps There Are More Than Two Sides?
Sep 17th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How does one achieve ‘balance’ in a complicated subject that doesn’t always divide neatly along a left-right axis?… Read the rest
A Slightly Guilty Formalist
Sep 17th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Denis Donoghue speaks of beauty in his latest book.… Read the rest
