Those sworn to enforce law have aided diocese in covering up sexual abuse by priests.
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.
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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Two Professors Hired to Teach Islamic Law
University of Toronto pleased, campaigners against sharia in Ontario not pleased.
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Fear That Iraq’s Charter Will Erode Women’s Rights
‘It’s really a huge setback,’ said Shirouk al-Abayachi of Iraqi Women’s Network.
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Artist to Recreate Bamiyan Buddhas With Lasers
The images would remind us of what the Buddhas once looked like.
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Inquiry into Anti-Sikh Riots Prompts Protests
India’s parliament has adjourned due to protests after release of inquiry into 1984 riots.
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The Clones We Know Are Jolly Decent Sorts
So why does cloning creep us out?
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Women Worry About Their Rights in Future Iraq
‘We must fight for our rights now – in the future we might not be able to fight at all.’
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The Bravest Women in the World
In Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq – they face acid, beatings, hands cut off.
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Michael Walzer on Just War and Torture
The struggle against terror in the intermediate zone hasn’t been theorised much.
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Michael Kazin Reviews Christopher Hitchens
Nearly all his writing full of sly observations as well as something to disagree with.
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Denis Dutton on Bovary’s Ovaries
Book on evolutionary psychology in literature is interesting but leaves too much out.
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Why Aren’t Movies Better?
Because the global market is the youth market.
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Edmund Wilson Was a Journalist Not a Critic
Alfred Kazin and Richard Hofstadter used to read aloud famous ending of Proust chapter.
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Robin Cook Dies
Collapsed while hill-walking in Scotland.
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Worries About Religious State Schools
Labour MPs worry religious schools may exacerbate religious divides.
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No, It’s Not About Boredom
Watching the left suck up to Islamism inspires anger and scorn, but not boredom.
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Ian Buruma Talks to Ayaan Hirsi Ali
‘I have nobody to accuse me of being decadent, westernised, a traitor, a… slut.’
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Ni Putes ni Soumises
Neither sluts nor submissives: Fadela Amara offers respect instead.
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Salman Rushdie on Need for Reform in Islam
Closed communities are places where young men’s alienations can easily deepen.
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Johann Hari on Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism demands tolerance and respect for reactionary traditions.