British education will be divided by the two most toxic causes of strife on the planet.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Strange and Disquieting Double Standards 
Sep 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Poisonous paranoia is sort of expected from some people but not others.… Read the rest
Is Journalism About Truth or Diverse Opinion?
Sep 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lines between what constitutes opinion and what constitutes truth are almost extravagantly blurred.… Read the rest
Seyla Benhabib on Religion and Politics
Sep 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why the US and Europe differ.… Read the rest
Mathematicians See ‘Proof’
Sep 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not much actual math, but the mathematicians are recognizable.… Read the rest
If Religion is All That’s Left
Sep 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s not surprising that people turn to it.… Read the rest
Richard Dawkins on Gerin Oil Junkies
Sep 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If administered chronically in childhood, Gerin oil can permanently modify the brain.… Read the rest
‘Starving the Beast’ Not Always Best Plan
Sep 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
With Katrina, conservatives got what they were looking for: paralyzed government.… Read the rest
Scott McLemee on Class, Blind Spots, Reading
Sep 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Social mobility is not always pleasant.… Read the rest
Harvard’s ‘Secret Court Files’
Sep 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A 1920 purge of gay students.… Read the rest
Prisoners Left Locked in Cells During Katrina
Sep 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Human Rights Watch: water rising, no food, water or electricity.… Read the rest
Vatican to Ban Gay Priests
Sep 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Vow of celibacy no longer good enough.… Read the rest
Nightmare Piled on Nightmare Piled on Nightmare
Sep 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Oxygen tanks ignite bus fire that kills 24 elderly patients fleeing hurricane.… Read the rest
Evangelical Graduate School
Sep 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The concept of worldview has come to occupy a central place in Christian higher education.… Read the rest
Why These Intellectuals and not Those?
Sep 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lists are always weird; this one is no exception.… Read the rest
The List
Sep 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Do popes and clerics qualify as intellectuals?… Read the rest
Katha Pollitt on How Fundamenatalism Helps
Sep 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It prepares us to give up on everything.… Read the rest
Killing Over Tiny Doctrinal Differences
Sep 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Reason doesn’t get a look-in on the streets of Belfast or Baghdad today.’… Read the rest
Profile of Mary Midgley
Sep 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Still says Dawkins is responsible for misunderstanding of his work by careless readers.… Read the rest
Johann Hari on Wal-Mart and Workers’ Rights
Sep 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘There is a constant pressure to push productivity beyond what’s possible, to cut wages.’… Read the rest
