‘Scientifically Creationism is worthless, philosophically it is confused, and theologically it is blinkered beyond repair.’… 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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Rupert Murdoch, Post-Modernist 
Sep 2nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fox News loves to tease the left: ‘fair and balanced, hahahaha!’… Read the rest
Where Malaria is Treated by Yelling
Sep 2nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Religion is mental illness and in Afghanistan the symptoms are florid.… Read the rest
Donald Davidson
Sep 2nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
While awaiting real obituaries.… Read the rest
Gossip, Gossip, Everywhere
Sep 2nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rather dykey, probably a spy, greasy kitchen, filthy loo – Wilson does Murdoch.… Read the rest
Eagleton on Hobsbawm
Sep 1st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘…the autobiography is a covertly anti-intellectual genre.’… Read the rest
Death Threat for US College Professor
Sep 1st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Muqtedar Khan of Adrian College in Michigan criticises bin Laden, Christian fundamentalists and hawkish U.S. government officials.… Read the rest
Donald Davidson
Aug 31st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The philsopher died in Berkeley yesterday.… Read the rest
Biography Can Be Tricky
Aug 31st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Are people who knew the subject the best witnesses, or disabled by bias?… Read the rest
Good Thing the Mad Despot Doesn’t Exist
Aug 30th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘…religion is not just incongruent with morality but in essential ways incompatible with it.’… Read the rest
That’s ‘Game and Simulation Arts’ to You
Aug 30th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Imagine, teachers who think video games are trivial!… Read the rest
Echoes of Hate Week?
Aug 29th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Brown University’s Third World Transition Program sounds like good intentions run amok.… Read the rest
Fair, Balanced, Honest, Reasonable, Polite
Aug 29th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fox News makes complete fool of itself by suing a comededian, thus catapulting his book to best-seller list.… Read the rest
Modern History Not Popular
Aug 28th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Oxford college for mature students drops course for lack of demand.… Read the rest
Anti-Israel or Anti-Semitic?
Aug 28th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is Lawrence Summers right, or is Judith Butler?… Read the rest
Stereotype Shmereotype
Aug 27th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Come on, they’re funnier cleverer and prettier than the straight guys they improve, how bad can it be?… Read the rest
Hunger is Missing
Aug 27th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cool, sexy, charming and famous? Or brilliant, curious and disturbing – you choose.… Read the rest
Forget Substance, Just Give Me Style
Aug 26th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is being cool the president’s job?… Read the rest
Hispanic, Latina, Hispanic-Latina
Aug 26th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The absurd knots people tie themselves in when they obsess over what ‘race’ they are…… Read the rest
