That power corrupts? Or that subjects try to please the experimenter?… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Princes and Wheels 
Jul 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Too much speed and hard work, not enough Wiccans and stillness, don’t you agree?… Read the rest
Moral Maze Discusses Religious Hatred Law
Jul 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Johann Hari, Steven Rose, Claire Fox and others.… Read the rest
Science is Revisable
Jul 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Stephen Hawking has changed his mind about an aspect of black holes.… Read the rest
Stupid Guy Thinks ‘Alice’ is a Girly Book
Jul 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
So he wanted revenge: ‘to rewrite it as a book boys would also enjoy.’… Read the rest
Ken Livingston and Pro-Hijab
Jul 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Yusuf al-Qaradawi got a standing ovation. Hurrah for the hijab.… Read the rest
Solution to African Food Crisis is Multifaceted
Jul 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Better science education, more research, better roads, communication.… Read the rest
Water and the West Bank
Jul 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
More science and less religious fundamentalism would be better for Israelis and Palestinians.… Read the rest
Martha Nussbaum on Sexual Torture at Gujarat
Jul 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women as nation, objectification, and disgust.… Read the rest
Why Plagiarism Matters
Jul 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For the same sort of reason evidence matters, logic matters, truth matters.… Read the rest
At the MLA Convention
Jul 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Essay way too long, padded, boring, but with some interesting bits.… Read the rest
Democrats Let Themselves be Hustled
Jul 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The herd of independent minds demands noisy religiosity from Kerry. Why?… Read the rest
NSS Says Blunkett’s Religious Law is Dangerous
Jul 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
National Secular Society on invitation to religious fanatics to use courts to silence critics.… Read the rest
Occidentalism Reviewed
Jul 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rebellion against the West is a Western export.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on Blunkett’s Cunning Plan
Jul 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘a religion is a system of ideas like any other.’… Read the rest
National Endowment for the Arts Survey of Reading
Jul 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Literary reading is in decline, and the rate of decline is increasing.… Read the rest
Timothy Garton Ash on Prospect List of Intellectuals
Jul 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Like most British intellectuals of his generation, Karl Popper was born in Vienna.’… Read the rest
Want the Feds Monitoring Universities? No?
Jul 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Should ‘both sides’ of the Holocaust or slavery be taught?… Read the rest
Swami Agnivesh Opposes Hindutva
Jul 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘If the BJP comes back, it will come back with a vengeance. I fear it will.’… Read the rest
Some Arguments Against a Religious-Hatred Law
Jul 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
From Civitas, the Institute for the Study of Civil Society.… Read the rest
