Doctor, pharmacist, veterinarian, professor, lecturer, two public servants.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Confusion Run Riot 
Sep 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Reporter seems to have confused revisionism and critical thinking with postmodernism.… Read the rest
Aaronovitch Says Give It Up
Sep 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Life and death? Civil rights? Effete urbanites? Undemocratic? No on all counts.… Read the rest
The Ethics of History
Sep 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Six Indian historians on the need for skepticism, courage, truth-seeking.… Read the rest
Selective Hostility to Bias and Judgmentalism
Sep 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Eve Garrard on the real reason for not using the T word. … Read the rest
Knowing the Accusation is False is Traumatic Too
Sep 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Why couldn’t I withstand the pressure? I still search for that moment I gave in.’… Read the rest
Prince Charles’ Slow Reaction Time
Sep 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Roy Hattersley says future monarch might want to have a word with his friends.… Read the rest
Holy War Against the Infidel, love, Taliban
Sep 19th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Taliban leaves ‘night letters’ to intimidate voters.… Read the rest
Banned in Lebanon
Sep 19th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Catholic leaders call Da Vinci Code offensive to Christians, so it’s off shelves.… Read the rest
Matt Ridley Reviews Richard Dawkins
Sep 19th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A philosopher of evolutionary process, explaining bodies as vehicles for propagation of genes.… Read the rest
Alexander Chancellor on Andrew Marr
Sep 18th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Marr admires responsible journalism – the conscientious and honest reporting of facts. … Read the rest
Eco Against Occultism and Fundamentalisms
Sep 18th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Science progresses by correcting itself and admitting its own mistakes.… Read the rest
Serbia’s Education Minister Quits
Sep 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Her claim that Darwin’s theory was as ‘dogmatic’ as creationism did not go down well.… Read the rest
The Intellectual Content of a Fortune Cookie
Sep 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rorschach, MMPI, Myers-Briggs – ‘personality’ tests are pseudoscientific, intrusive, or both.… Read the rest
Who Says Murky Ideas Don’t Matter?
Sep 16th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sovereignty is a mongrel: born in “divine right” theology, incoherent, ambiguous, dangerous.… Read the rest
The Lopez Affair, Shakespeare, and Shylock
Sep 16th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Shakespeare did something that Marlowe never chose to do.… Read the rest
Books, Humanists, Productivity, Glut
Sep 16th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Nonconformity is good, but people should act normal.… Read the rest
The Dark Side of Democracy
Sep 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Nation-statism and ethnic cleansing intertwine to make spread of democracy problematic.… Read the rest
Pro-hunt Protesters Storm House of Commons
Sep 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Parliament suspended after five protesters stormed Commons chamber.… Read the rest
Missing Quotation Marks Again
Sep 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Urgent deadline, assistants, accidental deletions, embarrassment all around.… Read the rest
