ID is science not religion, but evolution is for atheists and ‘secular humanists.’… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Knowledge in the Dock in Kansas 
May 9th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Like handing control of a blood bank over to a cabal of vampires.… Read the rest
Irshad Manji
May 9th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No community, no culture, no religion ought to be immune from respecting universality of human rights.… Read the rest
Pope Talks Nonsense
May 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
About ‘natural death.’ Natural death in hospital with feeding tubes, that is.… Read the rest
Fairy Tales May Teach Girls to be Submissive
May 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cinderella and Rapunzel may not be best characters to identify with.… Read the rest
WMD in the Uterus!
May 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The right’s campaign against contraception.… Read the rest
Necessary to Overcome Hostility to Science
May 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Because greater public involvement doesn’t always produce greater public sophistication.… Read the rest
John Bayley is not a Cute Old Dodderer
May 7th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He’s one of the sharpest, shrewdest, funniest critics around, and he has claws.… Read the rest
Southall Case and Difficulties With Evidence
May 7th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How does one evaluate evidence, expertise, experience, probability, and the like?… Read the rest
New Labour, Education, and Educationalists
May 7th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
On black under-achievement in school, special needs, the continuing inequities of the state/private divide.… Read the rest
Galloway Defeats King
May 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Respect candidate accused government of being part of ‘war on Muslims.’… Read the rest
‘New Scientist’ Reads Fashionable Dictionary
May 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sarcastic? Us? Never!… Read the rest
Labour to Win With Reduced Majority
May 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Historic third term.… Read the rest
Jonathan Miller Replies to Dylan Evans
May 5th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Miller and Dawkins do not regard science as a means to an end but as an end itself.… Read the rest
Hitchens Against Shallow, Demagogic Sectarians
May 5th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Barry Goldwater vowed to ‘kick Jerry Fallwell in the ass.’… Read the rest
Altruistic Punishment May Explain Political Behavior
May 5th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Acting the moralist’ stimulates the reward center in the brain.… Read the rest
Petition for Referendum on Iran’s Constitution
May 5th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
35,000 people have signed despite regime’s efforts to silence them.… Read the rest
‘Stay Muslim, Don’t Vote’
May 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Al Ghurabaa says according to Koran, voting is not allowed.… Read the rest
Breakaway Mormon Sect Buys Texas Ranch
May 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Child brides, rabid racism, multiple wives, and a secretive, religious dictator. … Read the rest
