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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.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
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Christianity Today Poll (scroll down)
‘What do you think is the most compelling argument for Christianity?’ Where is ‘none of the above’?
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Nova on ‘Intelligent Design’ and Dover Case
Hear seven experts briefly describe the essence of science and how it differs from religion; more.
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Why Pigs Don’t Have Wings
Jerry Coyne, Philip Kitcher, Daniel Dennett take issue with Jerry Fodor on natural selection.
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Evangelism in the US Military
Chaplain ‘suggested’ cadets tell tent mates they would burn in hell if they did not receive Jesus as savior.
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Report From the Secularism Conference
Jacoby, Hecht, Goldstein, Dawkins, Tyson, Druyan, Kaminer, Goldberg, Tabash, Stenger.
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The Secular Society and its Enemies
Susan Jacoby wonders why US media pay so little attention to serious secular and political thought.
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Onward Christian Teachers?
A C Grayling on the influence of Christianity on teacher education and thus education in general.
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Maori Priest Shocked by Exorcism Death
You have to be very careful, he notes.
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Busted for Offending Royal Family
Slandering or defaming the Spanish royal family can carry a sentence of up to two years in prison.
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Scientists Do Succumb to Groupthink
Scientific pronouncements should begin: ‘At our present level of ignorance, we think we know…’
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Clarence Thomas Fumes at ‘Élites’
Throughout his judicial career Thomas has, in the name of anti-élitism, shown great solicitude for actual élites.
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A Chat With Simon Blackburn
‘I don’t think of myself as diluting philosophy, rather I’m bringing more people to it.’
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Najam Sethi, Editor of Pakistan’s Daily Times
As long as you are in charge of the Army, the Army obeys you. You can be extremely unpopular and still rule.
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‘On the Media’ on Gujarat and Tehelka
Asks the wrong questions, but interesting.
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Clarence Thomas’s Memoir is a Howl of Rage
Beyond belief that Thomas’s success owes nothing to the affirmative action he has come to despise.
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A Masterclass in Spotting Fallacious Science
Science and technology committee report on scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act.
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Ben Catches a Boo-boo
Free energy! More comes out than goes in! If your meters aren’t working, that is.
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The Home Office on Hate Crime
Lots of hate crime, lots of perps, lots of new laws, lots of ways to report, lots of support, lots of everything.
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The Crude Dualism of Popular Culture
Medicine is portrayed in mainstream media as crudely biomechanical, Ben Goldacre notes.