Forty months in prison and 750 lashes. HRW condemns decision.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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UK Political Bloggers
Norm Geras, Harry’s, others. Mostly male, Guardian notes.
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Austria Arrests David Irving
Judge in libel hearing called him ‘an active Holocaust denier’. Holocaust denial against law in Austria.
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Richard Webster on ‘Care’
A tv drama based on real people but with some of the evidence left out.
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Conservative Anglican Archbishops Worry
About sexual behavior – perhaps a little more than strictly necessary.
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Archbishops’ Letter to Archbishop
The whole letter, so that you can judge for yourself.
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David Irving Arrested in Austria
Called the gas chambers ‘completely fictitious’ in libel trial. Holocaust denial a crime in Austria.
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Archbishops Write Angry Letter to Top Archbishop
Want him to take action against ‘unrepented sexual immorality’ in the church.
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17 Archbishops Very Upset About Gay Clergy
Why? Not clear. Something about libertinism.
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Archbishops Call Anglican Church Evil
And Europe a spiritual desert. Alas.
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In Our Time on Pragmatism
Grayling, Baggini, Fricker discuss.
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A Venomously Satirical Dictionary
Satirist is faced with disabling drawbacks; one is that so many targets are beyond parody.
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Agenda-determined Interests on Both Sides of Issue
Best plan is to ignore sensational parts of the controversy and look at the science itself.
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Is Weber’s Sex Life Relevant to his Work?
Wouldn’t biographers do better to stick to what can be supported, rather than go out on conjectural limbs?
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Cheney Lobbies Congress to Permit Torture
White House has threatened to veto any bill with restrictions on handling detainees.
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Senate Passed Anti-torture Amendment 90 to 9
On Sunday a top-ranking White House official refused to rule out the use of torture.
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Women Win Seats in Afghan Elections
Remnants of the Taliban responded to the results by detonating two suicide bombs in Kabul.
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India Has a Long Rationalist Tradition
Despite a tenacious western orientalism which overvalues Indian religiosity.
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More on Tête-à-Tête
These icons of intellectual honesty and individual responsibility lied a lot to the people close to them.
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Self-mockery as Ultimate Form of Seriousness
Zizek a ‘card-carrying Lacanian’ who speaks more excitedly about politics than Lacan.