Mbeki has given Mugabe political and diplomatic support in many forums, including the UN.
Category: Latest News
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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
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Clinton Makes an Odd Feminist Martyr
Clinton benefited from having married a successful political man. What’s feminist about that?
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Philadelphia Mississippi Ponders Obama
‘Bloody Neshoba’ is anxious.
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Ben Goldacre on Blogs v Mainstream Media
MM pushed the Dore ‘miracle cure’ for Dyslexia, bloggers dug deeper.
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Report Marred by Errors in Arithmetic
A frightening decline in the quality of maths in reports of the frightening decline in the quality of maths.
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Prison for ‘Violation of Religious Sensibilities’
‘Accused acted to blaspheme and desecrate that which the Islamic religious community deems holy.’
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The Reality Tests
The world is real, but we don’t perceive it as it exists fundamentally.
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HRW: Runoff Vote in Zimbabwe Will Be DOA
Campaign of violence and intimidation against MDC has killed any chance of a free and fair vote.
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Bullets for Each of You
HRW report on state-sponsored violence since Zimbabwe’s March 29 elections.
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Sec-Gen of OIC Urges Action on ‘Islamophobia’
Mere condemnation not enough, as long as they remain free to continue ‘on the plea of freedom of expression.’
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Texas Board of Ed Uses Creationist Code
A creationist system of science is not science at all. It is faith.
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Reporter Murdered in Kismayu, Somalia
Suspected Islamist insurgents shot Nasteh Dahir, a freelance reporter for the BBC and AP.
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RSF Shocked at Murder of Nasteh Dahir Farah
Somalia is Africa’s deadliest country for journalists. Eight were killed there last year.
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RSF on Mugabe as Predator of Press Freedom
Mugabe orders the arrest of local and foreign journalists, uses threats to silence them.
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Government Ignores Church, Says Church
They love Muslims more than they love us, whimpers bishop.
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BBC Afghanistan Reporter Murdered
Abdul Samad Rohani worked with the Kabul bureau, was the Pashto service reporter in Helmand.
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K. Anthony Appiah Reviews Susan Neiman
If you’re a philosopher, the easiest way to introduce yourself is not by elaborating a doctrine, but by telling a story.
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Zimbabwe’s High Court Overturns Ban on Rallies
Aid groups believe the government does not want them out in the rural areas witnessing what is happening.
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Mbeke Exhibits Sinister Solidarity With Mugabe
Mbeke’s coddling of Mugabe has made him complicit in Zimbabwe’s devastation.
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Zimbabwe’s Ban on Aid Puts Many in Peril
Doctor with USAid says no one will talk for fear of jeopardising access to people who still need help.