Compiling a dictionary of regional English, and what one learns thereby.… 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.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Wilentz, Wills, Jefferson 
Mar 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is revisionist history recapitulating partisan Federalist politics?… Read the rest
Astronauts Regret Doom of Hubble
Mar 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Repair mission worth the risk and they would do it again, astronauts say.… Read the rest
Certification in Three Days?
Mar 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
To many philosophical counselors, Lou Marinoff is an embarrassment.… Read the rest
Philip Stott on What Ails Academics
Mar 22nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Feuds, rivalries, pecking orders, nasty remarks – too much like kindergarten.… Read the rest
400 Nigerian Children Have Caught Polio
Mar 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Radical Muslim clerics in northern Nigeria are blocking WHO vaccination program.… Read the rest
Who Did What to Whom in Rwanda?
Mar 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Who shot down Habyarimana’s plane in 1994? What happened after the genocide?… Read the rest
Burke on Butler (and Yglesias)
Mar 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Will gay marriage dissolve the gay-straight binary and lead to a gender-free world? Probably not.… Read the rest
Another Reporter Gets Creative With Facts
Mar 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist made up stories and lifted material.… Read the rest
Do We Need Robots to Play Tennis on Mars?
Mar 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Steven Weinberg on the waste and pointlessness of sending humans into space.… Read the rest
Conversion From Christianity to Philoflagellationism?
Mar 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Garry Wills on ‘The Passion’ and the persecution mania of religious extremists.… Read the rest
When Political Thought Goes Rigid
Mar 20th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A paper on cultism in political groups.… Read the rest
Complementary Medicine May Be Harmful
Mar 19th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Now there’s a surprise.… Read the rest
Myths About Induction
Mar 18th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is no single Scientific Method based on induction.… Read the rest
Interesting Choice
Mar 18th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Guy poisons wife and random strangers, does time, now teaches medical ethics.… Read the rest
Precognition, Remote Viewing, Bent Spoons
Mar 18th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What would convince skeptics that there are paranormal phenomena? Replication.… Read the rest
Why Skeptics Dread Chats With Believers
Mar 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Phil Mole on the frustration of arguing with people who don’t know how.… Read the rest
Intelligent Design and Harvard Law Review
Mar 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The National Review Online gets mixed up in the argument.… Read the rest
Chris Mooney on ‘Intelligent Design’
Mar 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And rash interventions by interested parties.… Read the rest
Harvard Law Review Embarrasses Itself
Mar 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And Brian Leiter tells us how.… Read the rest
