Unpleasant stuff.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Martha Nussbaum on a Book About Harvard 
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Harry Lewis fails to realize that character-building is cognitive.… Read the rest
Sean Wilentz on Hofstadter Biography
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hofstadter’s sharpness about the darker follies of American democracy seems more urgently needed than ever. … Read the rest
Students in Iran Call for Hunger Strike
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Call in particular for the release of Ramin Jahanbegloo, Mansour Ossanloo, Ali Akbar Moussavi Khoeni.… Read the rest
Reliance on MCB May be Convenient But…
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Government is making a mistake if it hands the franchise of dialogue over to a single organisation.… Read the rest
Pastors Charge Government With Christianophobia
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The latest discrimination against Christians is the new law called the Sexual Orientation Regulations.’… Read the rest
Letters Reject Communalism
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Racial and religious divides can go too far and lead us away from good community relations.’… Read the rest
Hindus ‘Yearn to be Understood as a Community’
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Everyone else is a community, in fact the community, so Hindus want to be the community too.… Read the rest
Manly Men
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Manliness needs women to be inferior and subordinate, and cute when angry.… Read the rest
Norm Geras and Nick Cohen Debate Front Page
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And give up in exasperation.… Read the rest
Pickled Politics on ‘Connecting British Hindus’
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The report seems little more than an exercise by the Hindu Forum to make some noise.… Read the rest
Faisal Bodi Gives a Cheer for ‘Religious Communities’
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And finds no one to agree with him.… Read the rest
Indian Newspapers React to Mumbai Bombings
Jul 12th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We almost never apprehend those who kill in the name of politics and faith…’… Read the rest
France Observes Dreyfus Centenary
Jul 12th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The fight against the dark forces of intolerance and hate is never definitively won.’… Read the rest
Aaronovitch on ‘Mission Creep’ in Afghanistan
Jul 12th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
You go in to get rid of the Taleban and you end up risking lives just to educate women.… Read the rest
HRW on Threats to Girls’ Education in Afghanistan
Jul 12th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
HRW documented 204 incidents of attacks on teachers, students and schools since January 2005. … Read the rest
Human Rights Watch on ‘Night Letters’
Jul 12th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
3,000 (8%) of the 37,743 officially enrolled students in Zabul were girls in March 2006.… Read the rest
Kenan Malik on a Bad Bargain in the Mosque
Jul 11th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Self-appointed community leaders with no democratic mandate gain power.… Read the rest
Hindus Unhappy at Being Called Asians
Jul 11th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Identity, race, community, faith, community groups, faith communities, blrrghhhakkk.… Read the rest
The Taliban War on Knowledge
Jul 11th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Girls going to school need to be careful.’ If Taliban put acid on their faces, blame their parents.… Read the rest
