White House said ‘he never’ so programme editors were put off.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Rania al-Baz Flees Saudi Arabia 
Oct 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
TV presenter shocked S.A. by publishing photographs of herself after husband beat her.… Read the rest
Secularists Meet to Defy Rise in Religion
Oct 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Azam Kamguian, Maryam Namazie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali nominated for awards. Hurrah!… Read the rest
What Would Wittgenstein Do?
Oct 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
New philosophy site aims to connect general public with ideas and history.… Read the rest
Lack of Qualifications is a Virtue
Oct 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Education and relevant experience just make people think they’re smart.… Read the rest
Bush Thinks God Chose Him
Oct 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job.’… Read the rest
Action Philosophers!
Oct 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The idea of relating complex metaphysical concepts through bathroom humor makes perfect sense to me.’… Read the rest
Earthquake Death Toll Nears 2000
Oct 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Several villages wiped out; Kashmir is the worst hit area.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on Anti-semitism on the Left
Oct 7th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The issue is whether the liberal left is as keen on universal principles as it pretends.… Read the rest
Michael Ignatieff Recommends Accepting Truth
Oct 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Canada matters as a liberal democracy struggling to build a society that includes all communities.… Read the rest
Vatican Restricts Media Briefings
Oct 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Several bishops said too much information was getting out. … Read the rest
It Once Was Lost, But Now It’s Found
Oct 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A stunning jazz concert in 1957 was thought lost forever, but then…… Read the rest
Not the Edsel of Social Science After All?
Oct 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Maybe questions about sexuality and homosexuality are central to diagnosing authoritarianism.… Read the rest
Investigating Happiness
Oct 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tragic legacy of Freud: many are bitter about the past, passive about the future.… Read the rest
Sartre and Beauvoir, Authenticity and Lying
Oct 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How did Sartre justify deceptions? By resorting to ‘a temporary moral code.’… Read the rest
Irreconcilable Divide Between Science and Religion
Oct 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
One side sees matter and energy, the other side wants Something Extra.… Read the rest
Carlin Romano Reviews Michael Ruse
Oct 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ruse claims evolution often operates as a worldview that competes with religion.… Read the rest
The Movie in Your Head
Oct 5th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is consciousness a seamless experience or a string of fleeting images?… Read the rest
Look Inside: Just More Machinery
Oct 5th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Our sense of who we are and our feelings are a product of biological processes in the brain. … Read the rest
