Less a guide for the perplexed than a guided tour through philosophical perplexities. … 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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Darkness at American Anthropological Association 
May 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Was AAA report on allegations against Neel and Chagnon unfair?… Read the rest
Hitchens on That Johns Hopkins Guide
May 24th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No Orwell or Ayer or Gellner. Well of course not.… Read the rest
Bogus Outrage at Penguin: ‘It Just Won’t Do’
May 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pitching a tedious fit about putative shortage of black authors.… Read the rest
Jonathan Rée on Paul Ricoeur
May 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Aim was to teach us to feel full force of authentic intellectual discomfort. … Read the rest
A Struggle, a Struggle, and a Struggle
May 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The fight for women’s rights in Iraq.… Read the rest
Salman Rushdie Agrees With B&W
May 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
That Dylan Evans and Michael Ruse get both atheism and religion wrong.… Read the rest
Spin Doctors as Shy as Water Voles
May 23rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘In The Thick Of It’ doesn’t describe today’s New Labour all that well.… Read the rest
Genetic Research More Important Than Man United?
May 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
James Watson blasts UK for ‘piss poor’ approach to stem cell research.… Read the rest
Natasha Walter on Porn and Feminism
May 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Maybe an aggressively reductive view of women does do some damage after all.… Read the rest
Cool Hip Porn
May 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Starring women who are ‘comfortable with their sexuality’ and can ‘express themselves’.… Read the rest
Will Leftish Xians Overtake the Rightish Variety?
May 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Will social justice become more of an issue than sex and abortion? No.… Read the rest
Rahila Khan Actually Rev. Toby Forward
May 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But that’s only the beginning.… Read the rest
Groningen Headmaster Sent Home to Cool Off
May 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Teachers cannot simply tell classes humans are descended from apes.… Read the rest
Paul Ricoeur
May 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin: ‘We lose today more than a philosopher.’… Read the rest
Paul Ricoeur
May 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The entire European humanist tradition is mourning one of its most talented spokesmen.’… Read the rest
Christian Groups Wonder About Free Speech
May 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Freedom of expression should never be sufficient reason to attack the values of any section of the community.’… Read the rest
Graham Larkin on Horowitz’ Research Breakthrough
May 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It has to do with a Network.… Read the rest
Irshad Manji Against Routinely Low Expectations
May 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And assumption that challenging a group’s religious convictions equals undermining their dignity. … Read the rest
California Diocesan Documents Show Cover-up
May 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Catholic church officials transferred accused priests, ignored parental complaints.… Read the rest
