Arms supplied by G8 contribute to gross violations of human rights.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Inheritance is a Form of Brute-luck Inequality
Strategies used by the rich affect life chances of poorer groups.
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Zimbabwe Demolitions in Pictures
UN estimates 200,000 Zimbabweans have been made homeless.
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Africa Urged to Act
G8 ministers in London expressed strong concern about events in Zimbabwe.
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UK Urges African Action on Mugabe
Jack Straw said Mugabe’s government would keep trashing homes until African leaders united against him.
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Girl Wins Divorce to Return to School
Chenigall Suseela was married against her will at age 12.
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Killen Convicted of Manslaughter
Civil Rights workers Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner were murdered in 1964.
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Popinjays Take Note
George Galloway calls Louise Ellman ‘Israel’s MP on Merseyside.’
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Wall Street Journal vs. The Scientific Consensus
Real Climate responds to incorrect assertions made in WSJ editorial.
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Where Are the Bodies, Bob?
Bob Geldof has claimed that dead African children wash up on a tiny Italian island every day. The island’s mayor says that is ‘absolute nonsense’.
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Breakthrough in Journalistic Ethics
New BBC guidelines declare accuracy more important than speed in breaking news.
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The Swallows of Kabul
Algerian army officer writes novel about life under the Taliban.
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Paolo Coelho Hurtling Towards Stupidity
‘Spiritual’ protagonist actually obsessed with money, status, own importance.
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Althusser Made Sartre Look Like a High Tory
Lévi-Strauss, Barthes, Foucault, Derrida made him look vieux chapeau.
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Religious Hatred Law Unacceptably Vague
Creating a link between protecting groups of people and protecting their beliefs.
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No One Has Explained the Constants
Best candidate for theory of everything requires more than four dimensions.
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Groovy Sociologist in Green Velvet Suit
Because Pink Floyd and polymorphous perversity undo capitalism, right? You bet.
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Report on Religious Climate at Air Force Academy
No overt intolerance, but unawareness of line between permissible and impermissible expression of beliefs.
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Jellyfish Are Not as Simple as They Look
Under seemingly simple exterior is a sophisticated collection of genes.
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Nicholas Kristof on Women and Girls in Pakistan
Women punished for being raped, girls married at age 11, or 2.