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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Ex-editor of Gay and Lesbian Humanist Clarifies
Criticism of Islam was no harsher than criticism of all religions has been during magazine’s 25-year life.
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Jason Rosenhouse on the Outcome of Kitzmiller
What happens in a forum dominated by facts and evidence, as opposed to theater and rhetoric
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Teacher Decapitated by Taliban
The latest in a string of attacks on teachers working in schools where girls are taught.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah in Ghana
The right approach starts by taking individuals – not nations, tribes or ‘peoples’ – as the proper object of moral concern.
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About 4 Million Have Died in DRC Since 1998
War in Democratic Republic of Congo kills 38,000 people each month, the Lancet says.
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MCB Maintains Boycott of Holocaust Day
Wants other people mentioned. Armenians for example?
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Gang Killing for not Converting to Islam?
Woman tells inquest her son was told he would be killed if he did not convert.
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Vatican Meddling With Slovakia
Women’s rights to healthcare could be curtailed.
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Mark Perakh on ‘Irreducible Complexity’
How probable is it that the very features that make a design bad are markers of design?
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Tony Judt’s History of Post-war Europe
The history of Europe has included massive spells of acting out.
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Scott McLemee on Franco Moretti
‘Distant reading’ is not just counting.
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Business School Language Infests all Institutions
The model of market-managerialism has largely destroyed all alternatives, traditional and untraditional.
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Interview With Todd Gitlin
Postmodernism is the move from great refusal to the great retreat.
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Pilgrims’ Hostel Collapses in Mecca
Stampedes killed 251 people in 2004, 1,426 in 1990. Deity rewards followers.
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The MLA Convention
Passed a resolution opposing David Horowitz’s ‘Academic Bill of Rights’ and potential legislation.
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Lipstadt Says Let the Guy Go Home
But also understands why Germany and Austria have laws against Holocaust denial.
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Sacranie Says Homosexuality is not Acceptable
‘He said he was guided by the teachings of the Muslim faith.’ Oh, well fine then.
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Abramoff Pleads Guilty to Three Felony Counts
Is now star witness in sweeping federal investigation into public corruption in Washington.
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Lobbyist Case Brings Bribery Out of Closet
US justice department intends to pursue senior politicians suspected of taking bribes from Abramoff.