Incomplete? … 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Dawkins Does God for Channel 4 
Jan 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The God Delusion and the Virus of Faith.… Read the rest
‘Gay Magazine in Race Row’
Jan 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Magazine of Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association criticized for comments.… Read the rest
Colin McGinn Goes to the Movies
Jan 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The highbrow and lowbrow do daily battle in this man.’… Read the rest
Noah’s Ark [Creationist] Zoo Farm
Jan 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Note the cross on the donkey’s back. Think that’s an accident? Think again.… Read the rest
Evidence for Jesus Hauled into Court
Jan 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tacitus, Suetonius, Josephus are all hearsay. Next?… Read the rest
Philip Pullman
Jan 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Some themes are too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children’s book.… Read the rest
Wot’s the Big Idea
Jan 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Goodhart, Brockman, Greenfield, Bentley on Sen. Also Bunting, Klein. Oh well.… Read the rest
Simon Singh Reviews Steve Jones’s Single Helix
Jan 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘In addition to the amusing and sinister essays, there are the angry ones, which are my real favourites.’… Read the rest
Gordon Brown Quotes Gertrude Himmelfarb
Jan 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why choose a ferociously neocon revisionist history of the Enlightenment?… Read the rest
The Edge Question for 2006
Jan 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What is your dangerous idea? Dawkins, Dennett, Pinker and many more.… Read the rest
Turkey Admits Pamuk Trial Not an Image-booster
Jan 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Laws that limit freedom of expression may be changed.… Read the rest
Top Science Stories of 2005
Jan 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Climate science and tipping point, bird flu, ID, chimpanzee genome, more.… Read the rest
Einstein as a Philosopher of Science
Jan 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Philosophical habit of mind had a profound effect on the way he did physics.… Read the rest
Bomb in Indonesia Kills Eight People
Jan 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The bomb exploded at a stall selling pork in a largely Christian part of the town.… Read the rest
Cardinal Pitches Fit About ‘Family Life’
Jan 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Which really ought to be made mandatory for ‘the good of society’.… Read the rest
Readers Retort to Cardinal O’Connor
Jan 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Objecting to fundamentalists who hijack virtue and morality for their own pious, self-righteous reasons.… Read the rest
When Facts Change, Change Your Mind
Jan 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Marketplace of ideas does not work because large parts of the audience want comfort rather than truth. … Read the rest
Paradoxes of Postmodernism
Jan 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Truth-skeptics have to be taught to see that disguised fiction can be dangerous.… Read the rest
US Failure to Invest in Scientific Research
Jan 1st, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A creeping crisis caused by a pattern of short-term thinking and a lack of long-term investment.… Read the rest
