The cure for bad history is not more bad history.… 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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14th Annual Ig Nobel Awards 
Oct 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s not exactly a joke, it’s found satire.… Read the rest
‘Faith-based’ Solutions Have Evidence Problem
Oct 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rhetoric of results but no accountability.… Read the rest
Are Racist Teachers the Problem?
Oct 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or are there other reasons for minority school achievment gap?… Read the rest
Review of Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century
Oct 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not about womanizing of Russell and Ayer or Ryle’s influence on The Police.… Read the rest
Get it Right or Shut Up
Oct 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jamie Whyte on beliefs as part of your wardrobe.… Read the rest
Moral and Political Dilemmas
Oct 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cheap food, liberty v security, problem neighbours, asylum, justice v forgiveness…… Read the rest
Anything Wrong With the Academic Bill of Rights?
Oct 1st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How could there possibly be a problem with legislators micromanaging universities?… Read the rest
Total Entertainment All the Time
Oct 1st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
You mean consumption and entertainment is not what education is about?… Read the rest
Stephen Greenblatt’s Shakespeare Biography
Sep 30th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Writing for a general audience need not mean prostituting yourself.… Read the rest
Colloquy on Shakespeare Biography
Sep 30th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Join in and drown out the tedious Oxfordians.… Read the rest
Pinochet Questioned
Sep 29th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Judge Juan Guzman questioned Pinochet Saturday about disappearances during his dictatorship. … Read the rest
Pinochet Denies Links to Operation Condor
Sep 29th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Told Juan Guzman he thought operation was handled by middle-ranking officers. … Read the rest
Two Nightmares Over, Others Continue
Sep 29th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Italian newspapers on return of hostages.… Read the rest
Arundhati Roy on Feminist, Non-violent War
Sep 29th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Struggling with superstardom and the Chomsky effect.… Read the rest
Bolshevik Disdain Beats Reflectiveness
Sep 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Surrender, submission, fear, pride – they’re not new in human history.… Read the rest
Livingstone Criticised for Links to Qaradawi
Sep 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Coalition of Sikhs, Hindus, Jews, gays and National Union of Students takes mayor to task. … Read the rest
Islamists Don’t Preach About the Dispossessed
Sep 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ishtiaq Ahmed on the need for improvements in this world.… Read the rest
Long on Description, Short on Analysis
Sep 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Introverts can be clever and extroverts can be silly, Colin McGinn points out.… Read the rest
Human Rights Apartheid
Sep 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Where only black people can condemn black homophobia.… Read the rest
