Local survey in Turkey finds 37% think so.… 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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Behe Has Own Special Definition of ‘Theory’ 
Oct 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Under which, he concedes, astrology would be a scientific theory.… Read the rest
Florida, Where The Living Is Contradictory
Oct 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jeb embraces biotech and hires a creationist to run the school system.… Read the rest
Edward Larson on Why Evolution is Threatening
Oct 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What sort of God would create living things through a hateful struggle for existence?… Read the rest
Lawsuit Over Hijab Requirement
Oct 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hijabs banned in Tunisia, required by The Islamic College in Amsterdam.… Read the rest
Orhan Pamuk Closer to ‘Them’ Than to ‘Us’
Oct 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pamuk’s human, democratic attitude not approved by nationalist front in Turkey.… Read the rest
Orhan Pamuk Denies ‘Genocide’ Claim
Oct 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Did not say: we Turks killed this many Armenians; did not use the word ‘genocide’.… Read the rest
Top Ten Books on Shelley and His Time
Oct 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Holmes, Thompson, Foot, Peacock, Trelawny, Bloom – and a sailing manual.… Read the rest
Simon Callow on Why Ibsen Matters
Oct 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“Ibsen the fanatical sceptic,” wrote Strindberg. “So repellent, so attractive.”… Read the rest
China Cancels Official Japanese Visit
Oct 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Apparently in protest at Prime Minister’s attending a controversial war shrine. … Read the rest
David Hirsh ‘Against the Academic Intifada’
Oct 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Worrying about the connections between anti-imperialism, anti-Semitism, and hostility to Israel.… Read the rest
The Trouble With Hypotheticals
Oct 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Thought experiments are fine and useful – until one gets you in trouble.… Read the rest
Lawsuit Against Educational Website on Evolution
Oct 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Claims Berkeley site’s disagreement with religious interpretations violates First Amendment.… Read the rest
Pro and Anti Blogging Debate Reaches Library
Oct 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is blogging a legitimate dimension of mass media, or the death of all standards and accountability?… Read the rest
Archbishop Whinges About Atheists
Oct 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Defended religious philosophies as kind of glue.… Read the rest
Teacher and Muslim School Disagree Over Hijab
Oct 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Equality commission to rule whether school was wrong to demand she cover her head to work there.… Read the rest
A Book That Gives You Furiously to Think
Oct 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sartre and Beauvoir had ‘complicated attitudes’ to certain kinds of truth.… Read the rest
Shashi Tharoor Reviews Amartya Sen
Oct 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Economist who is also sociologist, historian, political analyst, moral philosopher.… Read the rest
Cultural Competence
Oct 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Abject refusal to articulate or defend ideas that might make certain protected groups uncomfortable… Read the rest
A S Byatt on Self-Portraits
Oct 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Iris Murdoch believed Rembrandt’s self-portraits were a philosophic attempt on the truth.… Read the rest
