And vice versa: to clarify what disadvantage is, and figure out how to fix it.… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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 Libet Experiment Revisited 
Dec 2nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Does that 1.5 second gap matter? … Read the rest
What to do With Evidence? Bury It
Dec 1st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Report by Human Remains Working Group forces science to defer to mystical beliefs.… Read the rest
A Much Too Long Biography of Jung
Dec 1st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘There is nothing quite like esoteric windiness for creating a penumbra of profundity’… Read the rest
Noam Chomsky Interview
Dec 1st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘He recognises little distinction between conspiracy and cock-up.’… Read the rest
Colin McGinn on Bookworminess
Nov 30th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dorian Gray and horror novels as a child, illiteracy as an adolescent, then philosophy.… Read the rest
Terry Eagleton the Insider-Outsider
Nov 30th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Students have gone from uncritical, reverential essays on Flaubert to uncritical, reverential essays on ‘Friends.’… Read the rest
B&W auf Deutsch
Nov 30th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tom DeGregori’s ‘Shiva the Destroyer’ in the German magazine Novo.… Read the rest
Tyranny is Tyranny
Nov 29th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Even when the tyrants are not US puppets, so the left should not be silent.… Read the rest
Hey! Where’s my Nobel Prize?!
Nov 29th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If the Nobel committee somehow overlooks you, make a stink, demand your prize! Or perhaps not.… Read the rest
US Voters Want Even More Religion
Nov 28th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Only 21% want less, so secularists are just out of luck.… Read the rest
Atheism not in the Running
Nov 28th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Democrats refuse to ‘cede spirituality to the Republicans,’ so secularism is not an option.… Read the rest
Root Causes
Nov 28th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There are always a lot of them – which do we choose to focus on and why?… Read the rest
Rising Anti-Semitism in Europe
Nov 27th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is criticism of Israel merely a screen? Or is criticism of criticism of Israel the screen?… Read the rest
Stanley Fish Makes an Excellent Point
Nov 27th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The only respectable intellectual goal is the pursuit of truth’… Read the rest
Can Aesthetic Standards be Grounded?
Nov 26th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or are they imposed by the powerful for political purposes.… Read the rest
GM Propaganda War Not Helpful
Nov 25th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If each side leaves out important facts, conclusions are obscured and the public is confused.… Read the rest
Karachi
Nov 24th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
William Dalrymple on what Lévy got wrong in his book on the murder of Daniel Pearl.… Read the rest
