The poor, the homeless, the carless queued for shelter.… 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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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Rushdie to Galloway: ‘Is That a Threat?’ 
Aug 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Galloway demanded ‘sensitivity’ about religion, warned of consequences.… Read the rest
France Keen on ‘Pastafarianisme’ Too
Aug 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Le monde a été créé par un monstre volant formé de spaghettis.’… Read the rest
Robert Trivers
Aug 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Behavioural ecology would not have been the same had he not written these papers.… Read the rest
Domestic Violence in India
Aug 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Law passes lower house, but minds need to change too.… Read the rest
Problems With Anti-bullying Policy
Aug 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Socially skilled bullies say ‘sorry’ then go on to new aggression.… Read the rest
Vatican Plan to Keep Gays Out of Seminaries
Aug 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Thus reducing the number of recruits to the priesthood. Oh well.… Read the rest
The Shakespeare Code. Yawn
Aug 28th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How to make Shakespeare trivial and tedious.… Read the rest
Critical Guide to Unselfcritical Guide
Aug 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Manne seems reluctant to see any of his opinions as being a debatable point. … Read the rest
Come Back, Office of Technology Assessment
Aug 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gingrich-revolution Republicans dismantled OTA in a stunning act of self-lobotomy.… Read the rest
Interview With Chris Mooney
Aug 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The think tank strategy is an attack on university-based scientific inquiry. … Read the rest
Everybody’s a Relativist
Aug 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Anti-abortionists cannot claim the absolutist high ground.… Read the rest
Republican Moron Defunds Condom Program
Aug 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Mr. Coburn, a doctor, has apparently forgotten everything they taught him in medical school.’… Read the rest
Don’t Teach Just One Controversy, Teach All
Aug 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Evidence for FSM just as good as for ID so teach that too.… Read the rest
Who Shifted my Paradigm?
Aug 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Postmodernist ideas have become a staple of the ID movement.… Read the rest
Lancet: Homeopathy No Better Than Placebo
Aug 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Society of Homeopaths says controlled trial is not the way to test homeopathy. … Read the rest
Child Dies After Alternative Therapy for Autism
Aug 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cardiac arrest after chelation therapy to remove heavy metals from the body. … Read the rest
Amos Oz on the Dream of Non-religious Israelis
Aug 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We want to live in an enlightened, open and just country, not in some messianic, rabbinic monarchy.… Read the rest
Dante Made Fun With Trendiness and Slang
Aug 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or perhaps not all that fun, suggests Helen Vendler.… Read the rest
Will There Be an Islamic Republic of Iraq?
Aug 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Draft of constitution stipulates that no law may contradict Islamic principles.… Read the rest
