Such as evaluation of arguments on political grounds.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Helen Elliott Talks to Martha Nussbaum
‘Claiming something based on fame and authority is death to the intellectual life.’
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The Hijab Does a Great Job Protecting Women
Which theory is the most rubbish, Burchill wonders.
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Whither Multiculturalism, Again?
Nick Cohen, Andrew Gilligan, Camilla Cavendish, Ann McEvoy on Radio 4.
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Galloway on Today [audio]
Typical measured, reasoned, cogent exposition of his views.
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More Than a Cat-loving Philosopher?
Steven Best co-founded the North American Animal Liberation Press Office.
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Jonathan Rée on Foucault on Iran
The Iranian revolutionaries were as irreducible as Astérix, Obélix and Panoramix.
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Disability Studs Recognized by MLA
The body, the Other, texts, representation, Said – you can do it in your sleep.
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What Price Virtue?
Ice cream? Heaven? Self-love?
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Is the BJP in Decline?
Is its main aim to win elections or to promote Hindutva?
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Olivier Roy on Born-again Killers
The quest for mythical, messianic, transnational liberation movements.
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‘Critical Literacy’ Takes a Hit in Queensland
There’s a difference between being taught to be critical and being taught an agenda.
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Someone Finally Noticed
Galloway’s interesting rhetoric.
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‘George Revels in His Own Infamy’
Labour MP Eric Joyce doubts he impresses even his audience in the Middle East.
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Shikha Dalmia Interviews Salman Rushdie
A fatwa concentrates the mind on freedom.
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Bush Thinks ID Should be Taught in Science Classes
‘Teach both sides’ sounds fair, but ID is a sectarian religious viewpoint.
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Social Neuroscience
Belief becoming subject of choice for many psychologists and neuroscientists.
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Tragically, This Guy is an MP
Your daughters, rape, beautiful daughters, rape, slobber, twitch.
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Rorty, Jacoby, Others on the Uses of Liberalism
Liberalism has always been a delicate plant. Perhaps it needs a greenhouse.
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Bible Study in Public High Schools in Texas
When urban legends end up in textbooks, that’s a problem.