Scott McLemee interviews one of the authors of Why Truth Matters.… 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.
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Alan Ryan on Appiah, Sen, Nussbaum 
Jun 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
All three books are about cosmopolitanism, but otherwise couldn’t be more different.… Read the rest
Carlin Romano on Ronald Dworkin
Jun 7th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Wittgensteinian on sociological questions, essentialist on truth conditions. … Read the rest
Ofcom Rules on Dawkins on Religion [pdf – p. 10]
Jun 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not in breach. He said it was a polemic, and there was plenty of debate.… Read the rest
Guy Invokes God, Visits Lions
Jun 6th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
God will save me if he exists, guy said. Guess what.… Read the rest
Australia’s Wackiest Postmodernists
Jun 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not so much a theory as an attitude. … Read the rest
Hemming on Upliftment
Jun 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How does postmodernism conceive of the sublime? … Read the rest
Norm on the Sublime
Jun 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Can a dislocated, not to say broken-down, subjectivity create her subjectivity anew?… Read the rest
Shalom Lappin on the Boycott
Jun 5th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Little point in debating boycotters who don’t accept basic principles of non-discrimination.… Read the rest
Video Games That Offer a ‘Spiritual Experience’
Jun 4th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Like Eternal Forces, set in New York where soldiers fight ‘demons’…… Read the rest
More Video Game ‘Spiritual Experiences’
Jun 4th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
You are on a mission to convert or kill Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, gays, secularists.… Read the rest
Bush Tries the ‘Defend Marriage’ Tactic Again
Jun 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Constitutional amendment necessary because of activist judges and slumping popularity.… Read the rest
Eve Garrard Answers Catherine Bennett
Jun 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Who paints a picture of women in politics as passive little girls.… Read the rest
Homophobia Part of Religious Freedom
Jun 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bishops defend ‘right to hold deep faith convictions’ that homosexuality is wrong – and act on them.… Read the rest
Roger Scruton on Francis Fukuyama
Jun 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Kojève could not set eyes on any human achievement without relishing its future ruin. … Read the rest
Pro-test March Taking Place in Oxford
Jun 3rd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Supporters of the new Oxford Biomedical Research Facility rally; B&W webmaster is there.… Read the rest
WHO Calls FGM a Form of Torture
Jun 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘By medicalising it, we will be endorsing this practice,’ Joy Phumaphi of WHO told the BBC. … Read the rest
WHO Press Release on FGM Study
Jun 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘FGM is a practice steeped in culture and tradition but it should not be allowed to carry on.’… Read the rest
WHO Fact Sheet on Female Genital Mutilation
Jun 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Number of girls and women who have undergone FGM is estimated at between 100 and 140 million.… Read the rest
Full Report on WHO Study on FGM
Jun 2nd, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women with FGM significantly more likely than those without FGM to have adverse obstetric outcomes.… Read the rest
