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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.
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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Alan Johnson Interviews Paul Berman
‘Yes, for me, it’s always been entirely natural to be literary and political at the same time.’
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Philosopher Rattles Cage of Abortion Opponents
Luc Bovens of LSE argues that rhythm method may increase risk of early embryonic death.
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Interview With Rebecca Goldstein
Spinoza’s system presents one of the most ambitious projects in all of Western philosophy.
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On Teaching Philosophy to Teenagers
France worries about low marks, but UK universities find undergraduates bored by Descartes.
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Brigham Young Philosophy Instructor Dismissed
BYU says philosophy department chose not to renew contract: editorial contradicted church statement.
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Trial of Oriana Fallaci for Defaming Islam Begins
Fallaci is alleged to have made 18 blasphemous statements in recent book.
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Review of Book on Amartya Sen’s Work
Defining development as the process of improving human lives is not something we have always done.
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Which is Worse: Sharia or Warlordocracy?
No music, no dancing, no football in Mogadishu.
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The View From Nairobi
Islamist militia supported because populace fed up with secular warlords perpetuating violence.
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NASA Admits Deutsch Muzzled a Scientist
Internal inquiry reveals that a media request for an interview was inappropriately declined.
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Julian Baggini on the Scottish Enlightenment
‘The French provided the Enlightenment with style, but it was Scotland that gave it its substance.’
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Shalini Umachandran on Human Rights Discourse
‘Current human rights discourse only speaks of equality of opportunity.’ Really?
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Milt Rosenberg Interviews Frederick Crews
A great skeptic on psychoanalysis, intelligent design, and contemporary literary theory.
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What’s Up With Ann Coulter?
People like Coulter and Moore drive serious, nuanced conversation out of the market.
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Wales Millennium Centre Refuses to Cancel JSTO
More than 100 church leaders have signed a letter calling for the cancellation of the show.
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Stephen Law on What Reason Can Do
Quite a lot, actually.
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How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
By combining synthesis with clear writing.
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Head of MCB Influential via Self-fulfilling Prophecy
‘Every five minutes he takes calls: from the media, Downing Street, the police, mosques.’
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Faisal Bodi on the Siren Call of ‘Community’
‘An iron law of history is that birds of a feather will flock together.’ Ick.