Skeptical of tendency to blur distinction between scholarship and politics.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Crash Course on Darfur [scroll down] 
Jul 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We have failed in Darfur.… Read the rest
Boat Rocker Sent Ashore by Guardian
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dilpazier Aslam’s membership of Hizb ut-Tahrir incompatible with newspaper job.… Read the rest
Background: the Guardian and Dilpazier Aslam
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Guardian actively increases diversity of its staff. Diversity can mean many things.… Read the rest
More Background on Guardian and Aslam
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Blogger rebuked for staying indoors.… Read the rest
Textbooks in Gujarat Praise Hitler
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Human rights campaigners protest, Gujarat government dismisses charges as baseless.… Read the rest
Critical Literacy for Schoolchildren
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not all that useful.… Read the rest
‘From Picture Book to Literary Theory’
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Deconstructing binary oppositions in Bambi.… Read the rest
This Little Pig Goes Pomo
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Spelling, arithmetic, milk and cookies, critical literacy.… Read the rest
Recommendations on Animals’ ‘Moral Status’
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Panel discusses implications of implanting human stem cells into non-human primate brains. … Read the rest
Anthony Grayling Reviews Simon Blackburn
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Contemporary thought in danger of drowning in a watery, promiscuous slop of ideas.… Read the rest
Craving For Immortality and Legendary Status
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The bomber hopes to make his triumphant, bloody mark upon the world.… Read the rest
Irshad Manji on the Danger of Literalism
Jul 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We Muslims are raised to believe the Koran is the perfect manifesto of God’s will. … Read the rest
UN Report Puts Pressure on Mugabe
Jul 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
African leaders who have hesitated to condemn Mugabe may now feel it is time to speak out.… Read the rest
Car Bombs Kill At Least 43 in Sharm el-Sheikh
Jul 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Egyptian resort on Red Sea is popular with tourists.… Read the rest
Roger Scruton Has a Sensitive Side
Jul 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lunch on sausages from the pig named Singer.… Read the rest
Man Shot at Stockwell Not Connected to Bombings
Jul 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The human rights organisation Liberty said no one should ‘rush to judgment.’… Read the rest
Art Needs Irresponsibility
Jul 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Novels can liberate us from the debilitating certainties of God and hero worship.… Read the rest
More Than 150 Polio Cases in Indonesia
Jul 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Officials trace outbreak to Nigeria, where radical Muslim clerics called vaccinations a US plot. … Read the rest
UN Condemns Bulldozing of Zimbabwe Slums
Jul 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Kofi Annan said ‘catastrophic injustice’ had been done to Zimbabwe’s poorest. … Read the rest
