Michael Kelly says the problems are too formidable at this time.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Why Are China and South Korea So Angry at Japan?
Because new history textbooks by nationalist scholars deny or omit known facts.
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Andrew Motion on Book About Dictionary-writing
It was the Dictionary, not Boswell, that made Johnson’s reputation.
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Ian Jack Nails the Dictatorship of Grief
TV and newspapers offer not an invitation to know but an order to feel.
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Computer-generated Gibberish Accepted at Conference
‘Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy.’
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Islamists in Pakistan Focus on Women
Success in banning women from sport, now ban on women in advertising.
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Saudi Religious Boffin Bans Forced Marriage
Women still forbidden to travel alone, work most jobs, talk to men, vote.
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145 Thousand Books Lost in Manipur Library Arson
Protesters torched library because the books were in Bengali not Mayek script.
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Protesters Explain Manipur Arson
‘The books in the library were all written in Bengali script and so we set the building on fire.’
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Equality Bill Excludes Action on Homophobia
Discrimination against lesbians and gays is okay, against religious believers it’s not.
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Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Choudhury, journalist, columnist, magazine editor, is in prison.
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Canine Cognition
Dogs can predict social events, request information, obey rules, imitate human actions.
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Tories Propose More ‘Faith’ Schools
Where the young can ask big questions and get damn fool answers.
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Arab Feminists on Women’s Rights
Laws permit beating and caging within four walls, allow them to be bought and sold.
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What’s Up With Poetry?
Eleven poets discuss recent swingeing attack on the current state of poetry.
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What’s Up With Bloomsburyland?
How to analyse Woolf’s inner life when that is impossible.
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Margaret Drabble on Amber Reeves
Fabian daughter of Fabian mother, adult education teacher, writer, activist, more.
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Morality Police Enforce ‘Islamic Values’ in Gaza
Woman murdered for walking on beach with sister and fiance.
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Lakoff’s Vocabulary Overhaul as Road to Victory
Just get the frames right, and everyone will finally understand.
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Salon Visits David Horowitz
And finds that mild criticism is on a level with terrorism.