McEwan, Motion, Paulin, Pinker, Tomalin, Tremain, Tyler, Warner, Weldon.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Scientists Slam Nobel Loser 
Dec 7th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Supporters of creationist claim he is shunned because of his religion, but colleagues don’t believe it.… Read the rest
Totalizing Ideologies
Dec 7th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What are the words to ‘The Red Flag’ again?… Read the rest
Doctors Boycott TV Drama on MMR Jab
Dec 7th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Channel 5’s docudrama is biased and emotive, senior doctors say.… Read the rest
Habermas on Adorno
Dec 6th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There were irritating gaps in the Frankfurt canon of philosophers.… Read the rest
Executives of ‘Radio Machete’ Found Guilty
Dec 6th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They used a radio station and a newspaper to inflame ethnic hatred that led to genocide in Rwanda.… Read the rest
Homophobic Reggae Star ‘Should Be Arrested’
Dec 6th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gay rights group call for the arrest of reggae star Bounty Killer.… Read the rest
Danny Postel Reviews John Gray
Dec 6th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Twists and turns on the ideological road.… Read the rest
Predecessor of the Fashionable Dictionary
Dec 6th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ambrose Bierce’s version of the satirical lexicon.… Read the rest
Edward Skidelsky on George Steiner
Dec 5th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jeremiads are no substitute for understanding.… Read the rest
Non-Mainstream Opinion and Blogs
Dec 5th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There are more pro-war left than anti-war left bloggers.… Read the rest
Hi, Welcome to the Food Chain
Dec 4th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We love Nature and it loves us – we taste good.… Read the rest
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Eaten
Dec 4th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Poor people are more likely to live near predators than rich people are.… Read the rest
Paul Johnson on Art
Dec 4th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He values both order and innovation, Joe Phelan says.… Read the rest
Hang Up
Dec 3rd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Walk, or chat on the phone, but don’t do both at once.… Read the rest
Who Pays the Bioethicist?
Dec 3rd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Universities and researchers get funding from commercial interests, and so do some ethicists.… Read the rest
New Collection by Marina Warner
Dec 3rd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Combines ability to see behind what we take for granted and a breathtaking depth of knowledge.… Read the rest
Writers are Insomniacs
Dec 3rd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Constant sobriety is not a natural or pleasant condition’… Read the rest
Philosophy Needs Social Science
Dec 2nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And vice versa: to clarify what disadvantage is, and figure out how to fix it.… Read the rest
The Libet Experiment Revisited
Dec 2nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Does that 1.5 second gap matter? … Read the rest
