Blair wants to devote the rest of his life to promoting understanding between the world’s religions. … 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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Stone Apologizes for Karma Remark 
May 29th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dior has won the affection and respect of the consuming public in China.… Read the rest
Texas Supreme Court Rules in FLDS Case
May 29th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The children must be returned to their parents.… Read the rest
ACLU Joins FLDS Parents
May 29th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Backs parents’ rights over children’s rights.… Read the rest
FLDS Dissent Says Teenage Girls at Risk
May 29th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dissenting opinion in FLDS ruling says teenage girls remain at risk because of pattern of sexual abuse.… Read the rest
AI Condemns Detentions in Egypt
May 29th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Amnesty International says about 18,000 are in jail in Egypt without being charged or put on trial. … Read the rest
Amnesty Slams Egypt for Illegal Detentions
May 29th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Report said conditions in which detainees are held are cruel; hundreds were reportedly ill with TB, other diseases.… Read the rest
Amnesty Urges Iran to Overturn Sentences
May 29th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Convictions of six women’s rights defenders should be overturned on appeal.… Read the rest
The End of Political Pandering on Religion?
May 28th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No.… Read the rest
Science Can’t Prove Nothin’
May 28th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Can’t prove a house is beautiful, so why make mediums warn their customers?… Read the rest
Save the Children on Abuse by Peacekeepers
May 28th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The report shows sexual abuse has been widely underreported because children are afraid to come forward.… Read the rest
Repressive Law Renewed Instead of Reforms
May 28th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Egyptian government’s abrupt extension of the state of emergency shows contempt for the rule of law.… Read the rest
Sayed Pervez Kambaksh May Be Safe
May 27th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hamid Karzai has privately assured Kambaksh’s campaign team that he will be freed.… Read the rest
Another Agnostic Pipes Up
May 27th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It is music in general that must be tossed out when you refuse to appreciate religion. Eh?… Read the rest
Jeff Sharlet Reads Martha Nussbaum
May 27th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Strengthening the hand of the theocons by underestimating the scope of the Christian nationalist challenge. … Read the rest
Normblog on the ‘Post-left’
May 27th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Are apologists for Islamism more unleft than were apologists for Stalinism? No.… Read the rest
Radicalism as Reaction
May 27th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The revolution was repressive from its start, flawed with a programmatic illiberalism and anti-intellectualism.… Read the rest
Gene Robinson and Christopher Hitchens
May 26th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Robinson is patently kind and sincere, but he’s wrong; Hitchens can be rude and combative, but he’s right.… Read the rest
Morris Dickstein on Fiction and Political Fact
May 26th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Public life determines private life; exploring that link is the sine qua non of good social and political fiction.… Read the rest
What Shameless Repetition
May 26th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Repetition can make promotional testimony seem eerily quantitative.… Read the rest
