Two German journalists missing, one killed.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Shambo to be Killed; Monks ‘Warn’ Officials 
Jul 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘They will have to physically desecrate a temple to get him. They will have to interrupt an act of worship.’… Read the rest
Libya Tortured the Nurses and Doctor
Jul 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I was tortured like the rest of the accused and there are marks on the bodies of us all.’… Read the rest
Three Sisters Stabbed to Death in Gaza
Jul 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hamdi Shakkour of Palestinian Center for Human Rights said they suspect the women were victims of ‘honor crimes.’… Read the rest
Point of Inquiry Interview With OB
Jul 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Truth, meritocracy, anti-intellectualism, the harm principle, Keats, the Santa Claus argument for God.… Read the rest
Benson and Stangroom on Intellectual Adolescence
Jul 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Contrarianism has a proud intellectual heritage, but in its postmodern flowering it became merely juvenile.… Read the rest
Biologists Receive Threatening Letters
Jul 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Police at U of Colorado say they know who sent threats to biology professors who teach evolution.… Read the rest
Nigel Warburton on The Death of Socrates
Jul 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Emily Wilson provides plausible explanations of why the Athenians were so ready to execute Socrates.… Read the rest
Utilitarianism, Happiness, Mill
Jul 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Roger Crisp, author of an acclaimed book on Mill, explains Mill’s utilitarian ethical theory. … Read the rest
Does the Religious Majority Rule?
Jul 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How quickly insiders can become outsiders.… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo on Sophisticated Theology
Jul 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What God is a metaphor for.… Read the rest
It’s All Metaphor, I Tell You
Jul 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If this god is a metaphor, why are people always building real monuments and cathedrals to it?… Read the rest
James Ryerson on Rorty
Jul 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
His work was ‘welcomed by theoretically minded professors of literature and cultural studies.’… Read the rest
What US Voters Want
Jul 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gotta believe in God, but in the right, sane, normal way; none of this funny stuff.… Read the rest
Center for Inquiry Ontario
Jul 22nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Building the atheist church basement.… Read the rest
It’s a Colonialist Project!
Jul 22nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No, it’s about writing off political stances that do not fit the strategic priorities of the west!… Read the rest
Pressure from Neocons and Islamophobes
Jul 22nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The remedy is to put the mosque at the heart of everything. Or perhaps not.… Read the rest
‘Multi-faith’ Schools the Remedy for Segregation
Jul 22nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or perhaps not.… Read the rest
Mo Explains the ‘Nurse Five Times’ Fatwa
Jul 22nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The barmaid becomes lachrymose.… Read the rest
A Converted Postmodernist
Jul 20th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Browses in Blackwell’s, reads TPM, reads an ad for the Fashionable Dictionary, reads that, laughs.… Read the rest
