Then proceeds to use it herself; frets about ‘Islamophobia’.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Geoffrey Wheatcroft on AJP Taylor
‘He didn’t deny the barbarous nature of Stalin’s regime: he accepted and almost relished it.’
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Thousands March Against Hate Crime in Paris
Smaller marches took place in Lyon and Bordeaux in aftermath of torture-murder of Ilam Halimi.
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Students Back Timetable Change for Prayer
Motion calls for ‘the right to education without discrimination against religious needs.’
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Azar Majedi Says Please Don’t Apologize!
We should not apologize to these reactionary forces.
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Was Banaz Killed for ‘Honour’?
Last seen in Mitcham; disappearance may be in connection with a failed arranged marriage.
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Oxford Researchers Speak Out Against ALF
On a direct action website ALF announces attacks on anyone linked to the university.
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Are Threats Non-violent?
”Because they attack property, and never life, the ALF is a non-violent organisation; non-violence is their core value.’
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Nick Cohen on Larry Summers
Misreporting what he said was part of the pressure that got him out.
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Ken Should Have Been Sent to Sensitivity School
If only the tribunal had a sense of irony.
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Pizza Jillionaire to Build Catholic Town in Florida
Abortions, pornography and contraceptives will be banned in Ave Maria; ACLU plans to sue.
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News From Middle East Women
U.K: victim of honour killings; Iran: young woman sentenced to die for killing attacker; much more.
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Florida County Selects Diluted Biology Textbook
Publisher Holt, Rinehart and Winston edited several sections at the request of the Discovery Institute.
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Andrew Brown Reviews Daniel Dennett
Not very coherently.
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How to Make a Pseudo-point
Triumphantly compare Pamuk to Irving as if the two were parallel instead of opposite.
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Hindu Group Offers Reward for Beheading Artist
‘Those who are endangering religion and nation, should be eliminated for everyone’s good.’
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How to do Pseudo-shakespeare Biography
Ignore the plays and mess around with codes instead.
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Suspended Prison Sentence for Insulting Koran
Apparently ‘insulting’ religion is illegal in Germany.
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Cartoons Offend and Beheadings Don’t?
Beware: graphic.
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John Cornwell Reviews Breaking the Spell
‘Religion persists because it is evidently human to believe in something beyond what one can perceive.’