Not startling but covers a lot of ground.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Sylvia Browne Attempts to Silence a Critic
He receives a letter from her lawyer.
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Geras, Garrard and Lappin on Independent Voices
‘Self-proclaimed independent-mindedness is no guarantee of anything.’
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Mark Vernon on Plato’s Symposium
It opened up for MV when he realized it could be read and re-read; it operates simultaneously at many levels.
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Rejoice! Ted Haggard Says He’s not Gay
It was just the one guy, the one who told. Praise the lord.
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Women at the Back of the Bus Fight Back
Secular passengers report being harassed or kicked off for what other passengers deem inappropriate dress.
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Clive James on The Life of Kingsley Amis
‘Dunces are hopping in a circle around his tomb, singing their tiny songs.’
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It’s Time for Liberals to Fight Back
No, students can’t placidly tell teachers ‘I can’t go to the play, I’m a Christian.’
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Freedom of Speech v Right to a Fair Trial
Nick Cohen considers a tension.
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Is Intolerance Tolerable?
Preaching hatred of gays, women, infidels is perhaps not entirely benign.
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Andrew Anthony Talks to Ayaan Hirsi Ali
‘Liberals, she says, have shirked the responsibility of making the case for their own beliefs.’
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Ian Buruma Talks to Tariq Ramadan
‘In Islamic tradition, women are seen in terms of being mothers, wives or daughters.’
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Alan Sokal and Chris Mooney Join Forces
A stance of postmodernist relativism weakens us in the face of campaigns to undercut well-established knowledge.
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Pamela Bone Checks the Left’s Moral Compass
Why are Muslim feminists derided as apologists for imperialism, or ‘neocons’?
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Tasneem Khalil on a Death Squad in Bangladesh
The Asian Human Rights Commission found that least 8,000 victims were innocent citizens.
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Why ‘American’ is a Pejorative in Europe
Because Americans are just so tacky…
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Ben Goldacre Reads Gillian McKeith’s PhD
Cargo Cult science: she goes through the motions, but content is like eerie parody of an academic text.
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Sleepwalking With the Enemy
The Ireland she fled taught her how a powerful religion can get its way by bullying and frightening politicians.
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Jesus and Mo Audition
We love you threat threat threat, we love you threat threat threat. It’s a hit!
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Jesus and Mo Rebuke Blackmailing Asshats
Jesus notes the irony, Mo gets confused.