Paul Krugman on why so few scientists are Republicans these days.… 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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Saul Bellow 
Apr 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Had no wish to be part of the ‘Hart, Schaffner and Marx’ of American letters.… Read the rest
An Appreciation of Saul Bellow
Apr 6th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He closed the gap between Thomas Mann and Damon Runyon.… Read the rest
Scientific American Repents
Apr 5th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Late conversion to fair and balanced reporting. What a relief.… Read the rest
Japanese History Textbooks Anger Neighbours
Apr 5th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Nanjing massacre of 300,000 called ‘incident.’… Read the rest
Einstein as Writer
Apr 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Letters best source of his caustic humour, humanity, impatience, various passions.… Read the rest
Einstein Was on a Roll
Apr 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
So he produced a real belter for his June offering: On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies.… Read the rest
On Happiness
Apr 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bentham, economics, envy, Freud, Klein, alientation, solidarity.… Read the rest
Pope Ignored Reformists, Vatican Banned Condoms
Apr 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
John Paul replaced reformist cardinals and bishops with traditionalists.… Read the rest
The Pope Has Blood on his Hands
Apr 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Vatican condemned condoms, which might have saved countless Catholics from an agonising Aids death. … Read the rest
Outrage! Press Release on Pope
Apr 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Attacks on human rights of women and gays immoral; condom ban cost millions of lives.… Read the rest
Ms Magazine on the Pope
Apr 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Could have done a great deal better.… Read the rest
Review of Book on Unreason
Apr 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Reviewer asks some dubious questions.… Read the rest
Chandra v Eddington on the Fate of White Dwarf Stars
Apr 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Chandra did the maths, Eddington said It Could Not Be.… Read the rest
Russell Jacoby on Shock-Horror of Liberal Universities
Apr 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Conservatives distrust unregulated intellectuals.… Read the rest
Even a Catholic Theologian Can See
Apr 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A ‘fraudulent church that has calcified and become senile behind its glittering façade.’… Read the rest
Church Demands Monopoly on Superstition
Apr 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Time to stop calling it faith; superstition is the right word.… Read the rest
Nightwaves: Is Science Too Powerful?
Apr 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Norman Levitt, Julian Baggini and A S Byatt discuss. … Read the rest
Middle-Eastern Studies at Columbia
Apr 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Report finds no evidence of anti-Semitism in department.… Read the rest
Ad Hoc Grievance Committee Report
Apr 2nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The report on allegations about faculty conduct at Columbia.… Read the rest
