Administration rejects claims that it distorts or suppresses scientific information.… 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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Huh Huh Huh Eeek Uh Uh Oooowaaah! 
Apr 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Animal psychologists at London Zoological Society say we should talk like chimps.… Read the rest
Philosophy Has Its Uses
Apr 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When everything but pedophilia is negotiable, philosophy can help to ground ethics.… Read the rest
Visual Illusions and the Brain
Apr 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s really not moving.… Read the rest
Faking Racial Incident Not a Good Plan
Apr 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Police say victim staged vandalism of her own car.… Read the rest
The Next Two Hours I Have to be at my PlayStation
Apr 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Whither the underground? David Bromwich wonders.… Read the rest
Local Elections in Iraq
Apr 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Secular candidates have done better than Islamists.… Read the rest
Academics Hinder Fight Against Terror
Apr 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Attitudes formed in the 1960s have resulted in an anti-Americanism.… Read the rest
Rwanda Genocide and ‘African’ Correctness
Apr 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Emmanuel Dongala says solidarity can prevent people from speaking out.… Read the rest
Richard Dawkins Set To Music
Apr 7th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And a singer who doesn’t believe in evolution. You couldn’t make it up.… Read the rest
Linguistic Relativity and Colour
Apr 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sapir-Whorf or Berlin-Kay?… Read the rest
Examine That Life
Apr 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Carlin Romano considers two collections of brief memoirs by philsophers.… Read the rest
Anne Fadiman and American Scholar
Apr 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Editor is fired over budget issues; Todd Gitlin and others protest.… Read the rest
Is This Parody?
Apr 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Probably not. It certainly is funny though!… Read the rest
Leon Wieseltier on God in the Pledge
Apr 6th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Say “under God” even if you don’t mean under God.’… Read the rest
Truth, Truths, ‘Truth’ and ‘Truths’
Apr 5th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Susan Haack on the ‘Passes-for Fallacy’ and more.… Read the rest
The Contract of Mutual Indifference
Apr 4th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why did the rest of the world not stop the Rwanda genocide?… Read the rest
The Grand Old Pledge
Apr 4th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How can a nation pursue ‘justice for all’ but exclude nontheists and polytheists?… Read the rest
Girly Jesus Out, Sadist Killer Jesus In
Apr 4th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The guy can boil your blood just by talking. Repent!… Read the rest
That’s Dr Arendt and Dr Heidegger to You!
Apr 4th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Hannah and Martin’ indeed – what next?! Dave and Mannie and Fritz?… Read the rest
