The experimental papers from the special issue of Homeopathy on the memory of water.… 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.
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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Pink is Girly and Blue is Butch, or Perhaps Not 
Aug 26th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ben Goldacre leafs through the Ladies Home Journal.… Read the rest
Open Letter from Peter Irons to Stuart Pivar
Aug 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Professor Myers’ characterization was protected opinion, not a false statement of fact.… Read the rest
Kevin Sutcliffe Dismisses ‘Islamophobia’ Charge
Aug 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Maryam Namazie notes that Islamism conflates criticism of Islam with racism against Muslims.… Read the rest
Dan Hines on the ‘Real’ Enemies of Reason
Aug 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why doesn’t Dawkins go after corporations instead? Because he likes to feel superior. QED.… Read the rest
Sam Harris Rebukes Nature
Aug 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Nature‘s coverage of religion has been unfailingly tactful — to the point of obscurantism.… Read the rest
Interview With Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Aug 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Islam closes the mind. Western civilization opened the minds of their own people to science.’… Read the rest
Mina Ahadi on a New Wave of Atrocities in Iran
Aug 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Islamic Republic regime has launched a new wave of torture and executions in Iran’s prisons.… Read the rest
Iran Closes ‘Western’ Barber Shops
Aug 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Authorities say the barbers were encouraging un-Islamic behaviour by offering Western hairstyles.… Read the rest
Debating the Future of the Bamiyan Buddhas
Aug 25th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Should they be rebuilt, or left as a monument to destruction.… Read the rest
Dreger’s Report on the Bailey Controversy [pdf]
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘A Case History of the Politics of Science, Identity, and Sex in the Internet Age’… Read the rest
Alice Dreger on Writing in Fear
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Intimidation impedes free inquiry.… Read the rest
What on Earth are West Midlands Police up to?
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Ofcom referral caters to the sense of ‘victim culture’ peddled by the MCB and others.… Read the rest
Pentagon Nearly Sent ‘Left Behind’ to Troops
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Apparently Pentagon wonks thought what the Iraq war lacked was a dose of end-times theology.… Read the rest
Ex-Klansman Convicted in 1964 Murders
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Charges dropped in 1964 because local police were colluding with the Klan, federal prosecutors have said.… Read the rest
Italy Will Grant Asylum to Pegah Emambakhsh
Aug 24th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
So she won’t be deported to Iran to be flogged or executed. Good.… Read the rest
Protest Deportation of Pegah Emambakhsh
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
UK is violating all the international Conventions deciding to repatriate Pegah Emambakhsh.… Read the rest
Maryam Namazie on the Veil and Violence
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In Iran two sisters died because their brother deemed it sinful for the paramedics to touch them. … Read the rest
Jesus Smoked
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Malaysian newspaper published an image of Jesus holding a cigarette. But is that really Jesus? … Read the rest
Is Stealing Wireless Wrong?
Aug 23rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Philosophers Nick Bostrom and Julian Baggini comment.… Read the rest
