Few religions are represented by their leaders or sacred texts as allegories… 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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Emergency? Sorry, Homeopaths Can’t Help 
May 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sometimes we need medicine that actually works, Julian Baggini notes.… Read the rest
The Crudest Form of Identity Politics
May 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Idea that questioning views is tantamount to discriminating against an identity group.… Read the rest
Religion is Actually a Work of Art
May 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Oh really? On what planet?… Read the rest
New Elitism Romanticizes the Lumpenproletariat
May 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fawning on misogynist rappers while scorning ‘Afristocratic’ critics of same.… Read the rest
John Brockman – Not Just a High Class Pimp
May 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Has helped make Dawkins and Dennett popular; also Sheldrake and Bible code guy.… Read the rest
David Horowitz
May 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is it about the ideas or the funding?… Read the rest
The Other 1905 Revolution – Einstein’s
May 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why part molasses part sand, part soup part pile of shot?… Read the rest
Mythic History and WWII
May 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The effort to create some new myths fell foul of the shocking reality.… Read the rest
Can You Say ‘Oxymoron’?
May 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Zimbabwe re-elected to UN Human Rights Commission.… Read the rest
Richard Dawkins Interview in Salon
May 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
People brought up to believe in faith cannot be persuaded by evidence to change their minds. … Read the rest
Women in the Middle East
May 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There are a lot of books on the subject, and people are reading them.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on a Culture of Sickly Revelation
May 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Privacy? Wozzat?… Read the rest
Michael Ruse Scolds Biologists for Being Atheists
May 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Because it pisses off creationists.… Read the rest
Ward Churchill Allegations ‘Not Frivolous’
Apr 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
University’s research-misconduct committee requests answer to accusations of academic fraud. … Read the rest
Churchill Defenders Miss the Point
Apr 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The issue is fraud, not freedom of expression.… Read the rest
Nice Timing, Guys
Apr 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Churchill has exams to grade, rallies to attend.… Read the rest
It’s Alive! It’s Alive!
Apr 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ivory-billed woodpecker is not extinct after all. Champagne all around.… Read the rest
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Apr 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
One male spotted so far. Let’s hope there are more.… Read the rest
