More “alternative” treatments should be available on the NHS.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
The Hubble Telescope is Doomed 
Feb 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bush administration has redirected NASA resources to Mars and moon trips.… Read the rest
US Trade Embargo Extended to Research
Feb 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Treasury Department warns against publishing scientific research from Iran, Libya, Sudan, Cuba.… Read the rest
Beagle found?
Feb 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not some random lost dog, but Darwin’s ship.… Read the rest
Simple-minded but Nonetheless Bigoted
Feb 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Christopher Hitchens detests Gibson’s movie with a passion.… Read the rest
Solidarity Can Conflict With Diversity
Feb 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The left’s love affair with diversity may come at the expense of the values it once championed. … Read the rest
The Future of Multiculturalism
Feb 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Guardian readers react to David Goodhart’s essay on diversity versus solidarity.… Read the rest
Julian Baggini ‘Not Extreme Enough’
Feb 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Race and culture are not inseparable, and simplification doesn’t help.… Read the rest
MMR Parents Denied Legal Aid
Feb 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No evidence to justify a legal case against MMR manufacturers.… Read the rest
Lots of Atheists in Britain Says Survey
Feb 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hurrah!… Read the rest
It’s Time for GM Britain
Feb 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s time for the British government to give the go ahead for GM foods.… Read the rest
First UK Citizenship Ceremony
Feb 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Including singing, pledging and respecting.… Read the rest
What is the Connection Between Religion and War?
Feb 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘In great contests, each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God.’… Read the rest
A Counter-cultural Antiques Roadshow
Feb 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Review of Curtis White’s The Middle Mind deplores ‘torn-jeans prose.’… Read the rest
Muslims in Nigeria Boycott Immunisation
Feb 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Polio vaccination is suspected as American plot to make Muslims infertile.… Read the rest
Fifty Years of Dissent
Feb 24th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A magazine devoted to slaying orthodoxies.… Read the rest
Philip Stott Rewrites a Guardian Leader
Feb 24th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What it should have said about GM maize.… Read the rest
Opposition to GM Was Overestimated
Feb 24th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘GM Nation?’ conveyed an overestimate of anti-GM feeling in UK, researchers say. … Read the rest
Frederick Crews on Trauma and Memory
Feb 24th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What damage can be done when mistaken ideas about the mind get infused with ideological zeal.… Read the rest
Interview With Christopher Browning
Feb 24th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Historian of the Holocaust examines events as they unfolded, not via hindsight.… Read the rest
