His words were inappropriate for the ‘elected representative of Londoners of all faiths and beliefs.’
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Smooth, Summers Was Not
It was the spicy chicken wing that did him in.
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Thomas Nagel Reviews Kwame Anthony Appiah
The right of exit is not enough to cancel the constraining power of strong communal identities.
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Scott Jaschik on the Aftermath of Summers
Summers spoke out for many causes that are central to quality in higher education.
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Scott McLemee Questions David Horowitz
Reading Horowitz’s latest bit of pulp fiction with all the seriousness he can muster.
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Cartoon Controversies at Student Newspapers
Papers at Harvard and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign publish; UI editors suspended.
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Press Freedom at Risk
Should we be sensitive to religious feelings or to readers’ need to get uncensored news?
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Nine Life Sentences in Gujarat Case
Twelve Muslims, two others burned to death when Best Bakery was attacked by a Hindu mob in 2002.
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Riots Kill At Least Twenty in Southern Nigeria
Attacks on Muslims, in apparent retaliation for the deaths of Christians in riots in the north.
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Denmark Grovels
Government planning initiatives to promote ‘respectful dialogue,’ with advice from Muslim countries.
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Irving Says Austria is Trying to Silence Him
As he tried to silence a certain historian via a libel trial, perhaps?
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Churches Have no Divine Right to be Heard
A motormouth with a mitre brings neither gaiety nor wisdom to the nations.
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South Dakota Moves to Ban Abortion
Which is already nearly unavailable there.
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More on Summers
Chronicle oversimplifies his women and science comments.
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Hitchens Urges: Stand Up for Denmark
All compassion and concern is apparently to be expended upon those who lit the powder trail.
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Religious Tyranny at its Most Blunt
Imam says UN should impose law condemning insults to religion on all countries.
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Irving Tests Belief in the Power of Truth
Hard to hear Irving without wishing to be armed with something tougher even than the truth.
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Amartya Sen on Multiculturalism
There is no way of escaping foundational questions if multiculturalism is to be fairly assessed.
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Creationism on the Rise in the UK
Most medical and science students could be creationists, says biology teacher at sixth-form college.
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AAAS Invites Teachers to Annual Conference
Teachers say finger-wagging parents insist they abandon biology textbooks for biblical creationism or ID.