Officials say rioting is also about youths simply ‘having a go’ at the police. And women on crutches.… 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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Letters to Guardian on Chomsky Interview 
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
From Chomsky, and Kemal Pervanic, who survived the Omarska concentration camp.… Read the rest
Melanie Phillips Misunderstands Epidemiology
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Science is all about the error bar, a graphic representation of the uncertainties in the data.… Read the rest
Recent Communique From Animal Liberation Front
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Associate with HLS and we will ruin your life.’… Read the rest
Cass Sunstein Takes a Look at Alito’s Dissents
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He is often more conservative than his colleagues.… Read the rest
We Live in 2005, not 905
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Danish cartoonists dare to tease the prophet. Marches ensue. … Read the rest
Quantum Mechanics Must be Wrong
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or maybe Mills got his math wrong, or maybe his critics did, or maybe not.… Read the rest
Guy Takes 15 Years to Start Questioning Moonism
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Still, better late than never.… Read the rest
Cardinal Says ‘Faithful’ Should Listen to Science
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But then demands that science listen to religion as ‘an expert voice’. Expert in what?… Read the rest
House Republicans Work to Cut Food Stamps
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Must pay for upper bracket tax cuts somehow.… Read the rest
Paul Gross on Science Standards [pdf]
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Draft Science Framework for the
2009 NAEP gets a C – it needs work.… Read the rest
Scott McLemee on the Lisbon Eearthquake
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Voltaire was sarcastic, Rousseau was unabomberish, Kant pondered gas pockets.… Read the rest
The Electromagnetic Chaos Eliminator
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Also magnetic toe rings, crocodile protein peptide, balancing vibration.… Read the rest
Well Why Bother Then?
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bush is widely expected to pardon Libby if he is convicted.… Read the rest
McMartin Preschool Case: ‘I Lied”
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If he gave an answer they didn’t like, they asked again until he gave the right one.… Read the rest
E O Wilson: Can Biology Do Better Than ‘Faith’?
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rapprochement between science and religion may be neither possible nor desirable.… Read the rest
Turtles? Red Bracelets? Xenu? Holy Water?
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lionel Blue maundering on Thought for the Day looks like golden age of secularism.… Read the rest
French Hijab Ban Widely Accepted
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bizarre headline bears no relation to article.… Read the rest
Eve Garrard Reviews Michael Ignatieff
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rights are far more ethically significant than a useful device to ensure that executive power is not abused.… Read the rest
Jon Pike Reviews Ted Honderich
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘book ought to have done very serious damage to his reputation as one of Britain’s leading philosophers.’… Read the rest
