reDiscovery Institute teaches all the controversies, every one.… 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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The Internationalism of the Fulbright Grant 
May 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Perhaps we should extend the Fulbright program to Congress.’ … Read the rest
Morris Dickstein on the Return of Realism
May 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In the end, people do want to understand the real world around them.… Read the rest
Human Rights Watch Calls on Egypt to Investigate
May 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Group says security officers beat protesters during vote on partial electoral reform.… Read the rest
Demonstrations Over ‘Koran Abuse’
May 27th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Some in places where woman abuse goes unprotested. … Read the rest
Oriana Fallaci Sued for ‘Insulting’ Islam
May 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Judge allowed charges; book has expressions ‘unequivocally offensive to Islam.’ … Read the rest
Italian Law Prohibits ‘Outrage to Religion’
May 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Some of the things she said are offensive to Islam’ so she has to stand trial.… Read the rest
Minister for Equal Opportunities is Disquieted
May 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Are we really reaching the stage where Ms Fallaci’s ideas are to be considered illegal?’… Read the rest
Sadism and Terror: the History of the Shoelace
May 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
On a Foucauldian creative misreading of barbed wire.… Read the rest
AUT Rejects Boycott
May 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Boycott opponents called debate curtailed and accusations unfair. … Read the rest
Academic Freedom not the Property of a Few
May 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Wrong to mix science with politics and to limit academic freedom by boycott.… Read the rest
Anti-Boycott Vote a Stitch-up?
May 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Who stitched up whom? What about that curtailed debate?… Read the rest
Comments on AAA Referendum on El Dorado
May 26th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Leslie Sponsel, Daniel Gross, Joe Watkins, Roy D’Andrade, Thomas Gregor, many more.… Read the rest
Why Lee Smith’s Doorman Ate His Homework
May 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dangerous to invest artifacts with too much metaphysical significance.… Read the rest
Evolution Based not on Science but Ideology
May 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Creationists are scientists and biologists peddle fairytales.… Read the rest
Mark Your Calendars for Mega Conference
May 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘World’s greatest minds’ to meet in Lynchburg for creationist jamboree.… Read the rest
Anthropology and the Enemy Within
May 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What’s wrong with AAA report? A riptide of political righteousness.… Read the rest
Enough With the Moist and Sympathetic Treatment
May 25th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Western cringe in face of intolerance of others best corrected by serious Muslims.… Read the rest
Most Reform Candidates Blocked in Iran
May 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ruling clerics seek to consolidate their power in the June 17 vote.… Read the rest
Dawkins’ ‘Creationism: God’s gift to the ignorant’
May 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Attacks creationists’ lack of logic and ‘deceitful misquoting.’ [pdf]… Read the rest
