She dislikes ‘bad arguments put forward cultishly, with an in-group air of authority.’… 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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Democrats Attempt to Disown Secularism 
Jun 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Atheism, being a minority view, is shunned by both parties.… Read the rest
Julian Baggini on the Importance of Status
Jun 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Egalitarianism may be a matter of life or death.… Read the rest
What Are Book Reviews For?
Jun 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Shaking the sawdust out, a fun read over breakfast, settling scores.… Read the rest
It Matters Who Gets to Hold the Pen
Jun 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What if your White Goddess-Muse wants to write her own poetry?… Read the rest
Jonathan Derbyshire on Reasoning Away God
Jun 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Nicholas Everitt argues that faith is not belief in evidence of a certain kind.… Read the rest
Discrimination Against Atheists in the US
Jun 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Many targets are silent for fear of attracting more hatred.… Read the rest
Women Resist Sharia in Ontario
Jun 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why should Muslim women be treated differently from other Canadian women?… Read the rest
Scientists Observe Speciation
Jun 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Nervous breakdowns for creationists predicted.… Read the rest
Can Science Be Funny?
Jun 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Well obviously! The Far Side, Hitchiker’s Guide, the Fashionable Dictionary…… Read the rest
Eve Garrard on Amnesty International, 2
Jun 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How do different human rights records compare?… Read the rest
What if You Pray Your Fraud Will Go Undetected?
Jun 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Researcher in flawed study of efficacy of prayer pleads guilty in unrelated fraud case.… Read the rest
What to Call Our Contemporaneity
Jun 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Zygmunt Bauman on modernity, postmodernity, post-late modernity.… Read the rest
Bishops Throwing Their Weight Around
Jun 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Secularism versus theocracy in an election year.… Read the rest
Neither a Fox nor a Hedgehog
Jun 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hitchens recalls the Reagan years.… Read the rest
National ‘Public’ Radio
Jun 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How to make public service commercial? Easy – redefine ‘public service.’… Read the rest
Historical Literacy Left Behind
Jun 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Teaching to the test means students learn skills at expense of knowledge.… Read the rest
Latin America Expert Quits in Protest
Jun 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Accuses Kissinger and friends of silencing him in debate over US intervention in Chile.… Read the rest
Bruce Grant on ‘Intelligent Design’
Jun 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The first step on the road to theistic science.… Read the rest
Late-term Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
Jun 5th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Judge calls it ‘grossly misleading and inaccurate’ to equate banned procedure with infanticide.… Read the rest
