Way to seize the moral high ground.… 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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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
On Jahanbegloo and openDemocracy 
Sep 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Anthony Barnett cites greater responsibility on those who seek to encourage ‘velvet revolutions’.… Read the rest
Oriana Fallaci 1929-2006
Sep 15th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Known for her uncompromising interviews with world leaders; recently for criticism of Islam.… Read the rest
Crooked Timber Watches Euston
Sep 15th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Interesting comments from Jon Pike, Oliver Kamm, Marc Mulholland.… Read the rest
9/11 Not a Wake-up Call but a Brutal Sedative
Sep 15th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The most superpower became a sleepwalking giant only half aware of its surroundings and oblivious to itself.… Read the rest
Andrew Brown on Religion as Collective Identity
Sep 15th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Almost all the more loathsome attitudes of the OT will actually promote group cohesion and success.… Read the rest
US Undergraduate Education is a Mess
Sep 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Weaknesses of undergraduate education serve important faculty interests.… Read the rest
IAEA Calls US Report on Iran ‘Dishonest’
Sep 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says report by intelligence committee contains ‘erroneous, misleading… information.’ … Read the rest
Reform of Rape Law in Pakistan Watered Down
Sep 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Compromise with fundamentalists leaves women at risk.… Read the rest
Archbishop Urges Struggle Against Secularism
Sep 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says UK has been damaged by downgrading of religion, urges parties to adopt ‘Christian’ values.… Read the rest
Peter Singer Answers Readers’ Questions
Sep 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘In a deep metaphysical sense, I don’t think free will exists. But we can make choices, and that’s real enough.’… Read the rest
Republican War on Science Book Tour
Sep 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Chris Mooney in Seattle today, Sunday. See you there.… Read the rest
43d Skeptics’ Circle (Sad Puppy Edition)
Sep 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Your logic makes the puppy sad.… Read the rest
Pope Rebukes Godless Science
Sep 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says spreading word of JC more important than emergency aid. Stresses ‘role of faith’ in fighting Aids.… Read the rest
If Majority Wants Sharia, That’s Democracy
Sep 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
According to Dutch Christian Democrat; Labour say Sharia is in conflict with Dutch constitution.… Read the rest
Ugandan Taboloid Publishes List of Gays
Sep 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
HRW calls this a chilling development.… Read the rest
Susan Sontag’s Notebooks
Sep 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘My image of myself since age 3 or 4 — the genius-schmuck.’… Read the rest
Scott McLemee on Marginalia
Sep 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Too bad Stanley Milgram didn’t annotate Studies in the Scope and Method of ‘The Authoritarian Personality’.… Read the rest
Danish Newspaper Reprints Holocaust Cartoons
Sep 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Information published six of the cartoons, which are on display in Tehran. … Read the rest
Ian Buruma Book Reviewed
Sep 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Buruma suspects many who invoke Enlightenment are merely defending a conservative order.… Read the rest
