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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Inevitably links go out of date.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 Interahamwe Didn’t Listen to Joan Baez
Nor did the Taliban, nor did Franco or Hitler. Blanket pacifism doesn’t always answer.
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Strings in 11 Dimensions
‘Perhaps…the theory’s very unproveability means it should actually be seen as philosophy.’
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Right Here, That’s Where!
Where is the Left when you need them to criticise Postmodernism? All around, actually.
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Is Chinese Medicine Scientific or ‘Alternative’?
And if it is scientific, does it belong to China, or can anyone anywhere test it?
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Bogus Egalitarianism in Action
The ludicrously rich eat hot dogs, therefore inequality is just fine.
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Hobsbawm on History for a Broad Public
It can be good and readable without talking down to the readers.