Your daughters, rape, beautiful daughters, rape, slobber, twitch.… Read the rest
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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Rorty, Jacoby, Others on the Uses of Liberalism 
Aug 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Liberalism has always been a delicate plant. Perhaps it needs a greenhouse.… Read the rest
Bible Study in Public High Schools in Texas
Aug 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When urban legends end up in textbooks, that’s a problem.… Read the rest
This Reporter Has Been Murdered
Aug 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
British in Iraq strengthen hand of Shiite organizations.… Read the rest
US Journalist Murdered in Basra
Aug 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Particularly incensed about the sharp divide between men and women in the Islamic world.… Read the rest
Smug Puzzlement
Aug 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Clever people disagree with me because they are bored.’ Is that why?… Read the rest
State Schools Teach Blazerwearing
Aug 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Evangelical millionaire car dealers fund ‘Christian values’ via schools.… Read the rest
Barry Allen Reviews Simon Blackburn
Aug 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘A relativist is an imaginary being, like Mr. Pickwick or Mephistopheles.’… Read the rest
Bagginian Thought Experiments to Play With
Aug 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bhikhu Parekh, David Goodhart, Roger Scruton, John Carey and others examine some.… Read the rest
More on Shazia Khalid
Aug 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘They treat a woman like a cow,’ her husband says.… Read the rest
The Banality of the Bombers
Aug 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What set Eichmann apart was his ability not to think seriously about what he was doing.… Read the rest
Jacoby v Horowitz on Academic Bill of Rights
Aug 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Horowitz still claiming Fish, Bérubé and Gitlin ‘vetted and approved’ ABR.… Read the rest
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Hears Challenge
Aug 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
To a law introducing a Taleban-style moral code in North-West Frontier Province.… Read the rest
The Myth of Islam as Religion of Peace
Aug 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Violence is as central to Islam as it is to Christianity.… Read the rest
Congo’s Child Victims of Superstition
Jul 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Children accused of witchcraft live in the street, or worse.… Read the rest
Witchcraft
Jul 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘As a witch of the neo-Pagan strand I object to my faith being persecuted on face-value.’… Read the rest
Localized Terror: Rape With Impunity
Jul 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Debasement that is the lot of women in much of the world.… Read the rest
Tectonic Plates Shifting
Jul 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Eve Garrard on changes in the moral landscape.… Read the rest
Inequality Does Matter
Jul 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Low status and subordination cause stress and pain.… Read the rest
The ‘Spiritual’ Inspiration for Mass Murder
Jul 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cheerleaders and recruiters.… Read the rest
