Lecturing cancer doctors on Gerson therapy, struggling to live on £11.9m, scolding uppity proles.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Studies on Politcal Affiliation in US Universities 
Nov 23rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dems outnumber Reps 9 to 1 at Stanford & Berkeley even in professional schools.… Read the rest
20,000 Against Violence in the Name of Islam
Nov 23rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They carried banners proclaiming ‘we are against terror in all its forms.’ … Read the rest
‘Biblical Values’ Guy Interviews Peter Singer
Nov 23rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ew, ick, gross, sex with corpses, how wicked.… Read the rest
Philosophy Less Messy Than Chemistry
Nov 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Steven Poole reviews Wittgenstein’s Beetle and Morality Matters. … Read the rest
David Aaronovitch on Loony Conspiracy Theories
Nov 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Triple, quadruple, quintuple bluffs – no explanation too tortured to believe.… Read the rest
Alex Callinicos on Derrida
Nov 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Derrida hoped to open a space in which the marginalised and excluded could speak for themselves.… Read the rest
Michael Shermer on Prayer Research
Nov 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lack of controls, outcome differences, operational definitions.… Read the rest
Raymond Gaita Defends Liberal Education
Nov 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Nicholas Negroponte suggests ‘Get over it.’… Read the rest
Honour Killings
Nov 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Met is reviewing 117 murder cases from the last decade.… Read the rest
BHL Moults Philosophic and Literary Fluff
Nov 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
From the mills of theory to the virtue of facts and the danger of ideology.… Read the rest
The Paris Review Interviews Online
Nov 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The DNA of literature: 300+ Writers-at-Work interviews.… Read the rest
Charles Has Good Old Hissy Fit
Nov 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Naughty ‘learning culture’ tells people they can become more competent heads of state…… Read the rest
What Else Would a Hereditary Monarch Think?
Nov 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Charles has no abilities and he works 1.5 days a week. So what’s his point?… Read the rest
A Much Bigger Charles in Many Ways
Nov 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ministers put the boot in, cheer each other on, regarding Prince’s memo.… Read the rest
Creationism, Democracy, Science and Reason
Nov 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There are some tensions there.… Read the rest
Schools Must ‘Share Burden’ of Unruly Students
Nov 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Disruptive students should be dispersed to combat the creation of sink schools.… Read the rest
Homa Arjomand to Speak Against Sharia Court
Nov 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Vancouver Nov. 21, Victoria Nov. 22.… Read the rest
Review of True to Life: Why Truth Matters
Nov 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
To care about truth is to be vigilant about belief.… Read the rest
What is wrong with everybody nowadays?
Nov 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What makes people with no natural abilities think they should be kings?… Read the rest
