Supreme Court insists on rights accorded by the US legal system and by the Geneva Convention.… 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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Spiegel on Fall of Dutch Government 
Jul 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Coalition government collapsed in acrimony after D66 party supported a vote of no confidence.… Read the rest
Common Article 3 of the Geneva Convention
Jul 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A war crime is defined as ‘any conduct…which constitutes a violation of Common Article 3.’… Read the rest
On The Penguin Freud Reader
Jun 30th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The notion that opposites can collapse into each other at any time becomes very troubling.… Read the rest
1906 Edition of The Jungle Was Not Censored
Jun 30th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The version that See Sharp Press disparages as ‘censored’ is the version Sinclair approved.… Read the rest
On Goldstein on Spinoza
Jun 30th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The intersection between Spinoza’s Jewishness and the cosmopolitanism of his thought.… Read the rest
Jack Miles on Dennett’s Breaking the Spell
Jun 30th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Concepts of God are to theists as concepts of Howard Stern are to atheists. Eh?… Read the rest
US Supreme Court: Military Tribunals Illegal
Jun 29th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Court rules that trying terrorism suspects by military tribunal violates Geneva Conventions.… Read the rest
Man Sentenced for ‘Honour Killing’ in Denmark
Jun 29th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ghazala Khan was murdered because the family opposed her choice of husband. … Read the rest
Supporting Science Teachers
Jun 29th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Science academies from 67 countries sign a statement on teaching evolution. They’re for it.… Read the rest
Can History be Open Source?
Jun 29th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A historian on Wikipedia.… Read the rest
Emma Dunham Kelley Hawkins was White
Jun 29th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
One mistake is hard to root out of the literature, even harder to root out of popular consciousness.… Read the rest
Furthermore, EDKH Wrote Bad Novels
Jun 29th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Despite all the subtle – very, very subtle – signs of irony and resistance and whatnot.… Read the rest
Richard Swinburne Talks Revolting Nonsense
Jun 28th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Suffering is good for us, God answers prayers if we ask for the right reasons.… Read the rest
We May Lose Hormones, But We Gain Empathy
Jun 28th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Development never stops, which is one of the things that make it interesting to be a being.… Read the rest
Kira Cochrane Interviews Ariel Levy
Jun 28th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How does one distinguish the new feminism from the old objectification?… Read the rest
Fundy Xians are Loony in Different Ways
Jun 28th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
So they’re not all that alarming? Hmm.… Read the rest
Lot of Issues Here
Jun 28th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I’m gay, so I get Diversity, so hire me, but it’s a secret.’… Read the rest
A C Grayling on the Human Rights Act
Jun 27th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Institutionalising rights guarantees inconveniences for politicians; and that is as it should be. … Read the rest
