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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Building Contractors Sent Threatening Letters
Letters say firms will be targeted by Animal Liberation Front if they work for Oxford.
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Queer Biopolitics and the Ascendancy of Whiteness
Identity, intersections, sexuality, complicit, orientalist, race, imperialism, interdisciplinary, turban.
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The Power of Evangelicals in the US
James Dobson expects payback when Republicans are elected.
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The Future of Australian Secularism
What secularists do not recognise: Christian rhetoric may signal willingness to disable secular state.
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Invisibly, Ominously Getting Healthier and Healthier
We benefit from life-saving forces created over the last century that are mostly imperceptible.
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Slavoj Žižek Can be Difficult to Shut Up
Even a joke can be an exercise in theory.
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Secularist of the Year
Women’s rights campaigner Maryam Namazie wins award.
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Guardian Tries to be Funny
Pretend columnist writes mock tribute to Harry of Harry’s Place. Crushing sarcasm.
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Amartya Sen: Wrongs and Rights in Development
Prospect celebrates tenth anniversary by reposting Sen on India and China.
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Woman Who Stood Up to Warlords
Wins seat in Afghanistan’s new parliament.
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Panorama Editor Replies to MCB Complaints
Programme reflected debate within Muslim community about the leadership the MCB offers.
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Everyone but the Perps Will Be Held Responsible
Avoidance of what al-Qaeda stands for began in 9/11 and has become endemic since.
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The Poverty of Multiculturalism
The celebration of ethnic particularism is a betrayal of the socialist ideal.
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Church Allowed to Keep Poster Promising Miracles
Critics complained to Advertising Standards Authority that the poster was misleading and irresponsible.
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Mother Jones Interviews Chris Mooney
Disdain for science and scientific expertise has been a hallmark of the Bush White House.
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Brainwashing – How to Create Crap Beliefs
Five core techniques: isolation, control, uncertainty, repetition and emotional manipulation.
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Salman Rushdie on Jihadism and Male Honor
You don’t fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical conservatism.
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Earthquake Death Toll Nears 20,000
Musharraf appeals for international help.
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Bush’s Citation of God ‘Not Literal’
So he uses the word metaphorically? Interesting.