Socialist senator Mimount Bousakla in Belgium under police protection after death threats.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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‘The Delusional is no Longer Marginal’
Bill Moyers on the environment and the ‘rapture index.’
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Alan Ryan on Intellectual Courage
Aristotle, self-reliance, Hobbes, the problem of certainty.
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George Kateb on Courage as Virtue
War, fear, shame; delight in seeing, comradeship, destruction.
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After the van Gogh Murder
Colleague is convinced the killing was a careful attempt to stifle criticism of Islam.
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Writers Pick Top Xmas Books
Chekhov’s letters, Mumbo-Jumbo, the plot against America – all sorts.
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Reformist Journalists in Iran Cite ‘Brainwashing’
Go to prison, come out, issue retraction. Hmm.
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Iran Concerned About Human Rights in Europe
EU protested arrest and harassment of journalists, staff of NGOs, religious minorities.
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Mbeki Lashes Out at Tutu
Personal attack on Tutu, an icon second only to Mandela, showed how hostile to criticism Mbeki has become.
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US Congress Cuts Science Funding
Legislators earmarked more money for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Punxsutawney Weather Museum.
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Attempt to Censor Sequel to ‘Submission’
Two Muslim families in Netherlands launch suit to prevent sequel to film critical of Islam.
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Jesus Diet, Homeopathy, Same Thing
Nonsense is nonsense, whether evangelical or ‘alternative’.
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University of Chicago Chronicle on Paul Ricoeur
Ricoeur influential in philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, and the theory of language, symbol and metaphor.
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Revolt Against Secularism in Europe?
Define secularism as ‘intolerant’ and half the battle is won.
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How Biased are US Universities?
Political views don’t show up in the hard sciences and engineering.
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Mugabe Regime Expels Aid Agency
90,000 hungry Zimbabwean children lose only daily meal they could count on.
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British Muslims Want Sharia in Civil Cases
Guardian poll finds 88% of sample want time off for praying at school and work.
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The British Helsinki Human Rights Group
John Laughland – defending Milosevic, criticising the Hague Tribunal, seeing bias against Yanukovich.
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Bloggers Jailed in Iran
News websites also subject to repression.
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The Left is Supposed to Care About Positive Liberty
Being left alone is not much joy if you’re destitute.