Drill in unquestioned acceptance of ‘holy books’ also a problem.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Thin-skinned Syndrome
Was guy who mumbled ‘nonsense’ at Jack Straw thrown out because offensive to foreign secretary community?
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Darfur War Crimes Warnings
Hilary Benn says the International Criminal Court is collecting evidence.
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Wild Gorillas Reported to Use Tools
A stick to test water depth, a log as a bridge across swampy ground.
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TV Chat Show for Women in Afghanistan
Afghan women have a few problems, and no one to talk to about them.
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Some God Jokes
The Mormon one is funny.
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Journal of Religion and Society Article
If religion has receded in some western nations, what is the impact on their populations?
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Both Sides of Culture Wars Are Populist
Multicultural left and populist right differ only in preferring different popular cultures.
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Harold Bloom Should Try Harder
Lacks the good teacher’s humility, good popularizer’s ability to make a complex subject clear.
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Jerry Fodor on Simon Blackburn on Truth
Fodor wonders if there is more silliness around now than there has always been.
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Can Blogs Help Popularize Good Academic Books?
They’re an improvement on reading the catalogue aloud, at least.
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Richard Lewontin Reviews Ruse and Others
Change, not progress, was the ideological leitmotif of evolutionary theory.
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Baudrillard, Virilio, Žižek on September 11
‘These three texts present theoretical ideas that are largely familiar…’
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Sartre, Beauvoir, Letters, Daughters, Copyright
Adopted daughters dispute book on Beauvoir-Sartre relations.
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Evolution in the Dock
Live Science gives details on anti-evolution legislation in 17 states.
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Animal Rights ‘Activists’ Threaten Nurseries
Leapfrog Day Nurseries warned to sever all links with Huntingdon Life Sciences.
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Animal Rights Militia Sends ‘Warning Letters’
‘Drop HLS or you will face the consequences.’
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ALF Not Returning Telegraph’s Calls
The Animal Liberation Front is thought to be behind the threats.
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ALF Has Launched New Wave of Attacks
‘We have identified and tracked down many of your senior executives and also junior staff…’
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The Great Thing About ID
It takes all that pesky uncertainty out of science. Whew!