Two new papers illustrate the continuing power of the Milgram experiment.
Category: Latest News
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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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
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How Gülen Triumphed in Top Intellectuals Poll
By being organized, that’s how.
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Sam Harris on God-fearing Atheists
Among 35,556 people, Pew seems to have found 40 who are especially confused.
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Hitchens on How to be a Public Intellectual
An intellectual is someone who does not attempt to soar on the thermals of public opinion
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Bernard-Henri Lévy on Obama
He is the most gifted politician produced by the Democratic machine in a long time.
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Catholic League Demands Expulsion of Student
The UCF administration needs to act swiftly and decisively in seeing that justice is done.’
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Bible Professor Suspended by Seminary
Requires faculty to pledge not to teach anything contrary to the 1646 Westminster Confession of Faith.
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Jesus and Mo Discuss the Wafer Kidnapping
Jesus was kidnapped? Mo thought he’d just gone down the pub.
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A Defect in the International Legal System
Some of those charged with looking out for international law are shielding those who flout international law.
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China and Russia Veto Zimbabwe Sanctions
No threat to world peace; mustn’t meddle in internal affairs.
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Andrew Anthony Reviews Kenan Malik
A stalwart defender of free speech, Malik is a formidable enemy of fuzzy or wishful thinking.
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Ian McEwan on the Apocalyptic Mind
Common threads run between medieval and contemporary apocalyptic thought.
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Farc Denounces ‘Betrayals’
Betrayal of revolutionary principles ended brutal unlawful imprisonment. Shock horror.
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Catholic League Angry at PZ Myers
League has contacted president of UM and state legislature, wants them to act quickly and decisively.
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Catholic League is Afraid, Very Afraid
Wants extra security in Minneapolis so that Catholics ‘can worship without fear of violence.’
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Vatican Outrage at End to 16 Year Coma
Eluana Englaro has been comatose for 16 years, Vatican wants that to continue.
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Jesse Jackson Apologizes
Accused Obama of ‘talking down to black people,’ expressed desire to cut his nuts off. Tho thorry.
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Atheist Soldier Sues Pentagon for Discrimination
Some former soldiers say the Pentagon tacitly encourages evangelical proselytizing to create a ‘godly army.’
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Rorty and the ‘Intellectual Self-concept’
Academics make intellectual choices in part because of what sort of intellectual they think they are.
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Obama’s Books
He’s a reader.