What is France’s insistence on secularism about?… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Revisiting de Tocqueville 
Apr 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Religious insanity is very common in the United States. We should not be surprised at this.’… Read the rest
A Mind as Speedy as an Eider Duck
Apr 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
B.R. Myers says Jeffrey Masson’s amateurish style is persuasive, sort of.… Read the rest
Carl Zimmer on Misunderstanding Science
Apr 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s about uncertainty, not certainty.… Read the rest
The Guardian’s Rwanda Page
Apr 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Links to many aspects of Rwanda and the genocide.… Read the rest
Michael Foot’s 1000 Volumes of Hazlitt
Apr 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Will go to the Wordsworth Trust when he conks out. Not soon, let’s hope.… Read the rest
Heaps of All-round Stupidity
Apr 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
John Quiggin has a harsh word or two for postmodernist nonsense about advertising.… Read the rest
Menand on McCarthy and Related Matters
Apr 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The difference between journalists and academics; narrow elections and how little they mean.… Read the rest
Rwanda
Apr 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
As the tenth anniversary approaches, Frontline takes a look.… Read the rest
The Fun of Working for the Bush Administration
Apr 1st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Leon Kass told Elizabeth Blackburn ethics panel would consider diverse views. But no.… Read the rest
Terry Eagleton on Edward Said
Apr 1st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘He is more interested in emancipating the dispossessed than in bending genders or floating signifiers.’… Read the rest
Ektopos Has its First Birthday
Apr 1st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Excellent philosophy site reaches a milestone.… Read the rest
Honour Killings Averted
Mar 31st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pair from enemy tribes in Pakistan marry under police protection.… Read the rest
Astronomer on Importance of the Hubble
Mar 31st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The telescope is needed for ultraviolet astronomy.… Read the rest
How Do You Apologize for Mass Murder?
Mar 30th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In Rwanda people have to live next door to the people who murdered all their relatives.… Read the rest
Martin Seligman on Eudaimonia
Mar 30th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s now possible to measure fuzzy states like sadness and schizophrenia.… Read the rest
Theory is Too So Still Relevant!
Mar 29th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It has to figure out who will be famous twenty years from now, obviously.… Read the rest
Atheists Need Protection From the Majority
Mar 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Atheists are one group it’s okie doke to despise.… Read the rest
Taboo, Unclean, Yuk, Pollution
Mar 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Restoration of statue of boar abandoned for fear of ‘offending’ Muslims in Derby.… Read the rest
Potential for False Abuse Claims
Mar 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
New child protection law could lead to problems being misinterpreted. Or not.… Read the rest
