Hume trails despite backing of Economist.… 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.
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Cass Sunstein on the Problem With Predictability 
Jul 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In hard cases before Supreme Court, total predictability compromises judicial independence. … Read the rest
Phil Mole Reviews Dictionary of Fash Nonsense
Jul 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says it’s not too bad.… Read the rest
A Chomsky Lecture Channeled by Monty Python
Jul 13th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The Power of Nightmares’ is flawed but interesting, and aimed at adults.… Read the rest
Piquant Mix of Fundamentalism and Dreck
Jul 13th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘To write them off as pulp fiction for the born-again is’ the best thing to do.… Read the rest
Gary Taylor: Why All the Shakespeare?
Jul 13th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
So that people can feel superior.… Read the rest
Labor Laws? What Labor Laws?
Jul 13th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Janitors work unpaid overtime, threatened with firing if they object.… Read the rest
Children Accused of Witchcraft in Angola
Jul 13th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Patients’ chained to walls, boy ‘treated’ to death.… Read the rest
Vote Removes Obstacles to Women Bishops
Jul 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Some men threaten to leave: women never have been bishops, therefore never should.… Read the rest
Van Gogh Murder Trial Begins
Jul 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bouyeri waived the right to mount a defence and refused to answer judge’s questions.… Read the rest
Police Say Bomber Died in Blast
Jul 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Suspects on CCTV at King’s Cross 8:30 a.m. One arrest in Yorkshire.… Read the rest
Bouyeri Says He Would Do It Again
Jul 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tells Theo van Gogh’s mother he does not sympathize with her loss.… Read the rest
Museums Restrict Access to ‘Sacred’ Objects
Jul 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Museum directors must not act as priests, nor must they treat the public as their flock.’… Read the rest
New Statesman Reviews Hitchens Book
Jul 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Has exaggerated idea of unanimity of left in disagreeing with Hitchens.… Read the rest
UCL Cleaner Named Among Bomb Dead
Jul 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gladys Wundowa had finished her shift, was on way to college in Shoreditch.… Read the rest
Srebrenica Muslims Bury the Dead
Jul 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tens of thousands of people attended ceremonies for 10th anniversary of massacre.… Read the rest
Jack Straw on World’s Shame at Srebrenica
Jul 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Massacre of more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslims happened ‘under our noses.’… Read the rest
Over Twenty Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombing
Jul 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Along with six people in suicide bomb attacks in Kirkuk and Mosul. … Read the rest
Salman Rushdie on a Code of Dishonour
Jul 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Anyone who says a democratic country should have a unified legal system is called anti-Muslim.… Read the rest
Ricky Gervais Does Socratic Dialogue With Self
Jul 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘He didn’t get his philosophy degree for nothing.’… Read the rest
