Scientific and clinical evidence has been overruled by politics.… 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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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
FDA Official Quits Over Plan B Ruling 
Sep 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Said decision to delay approval of morning after pill not scientifically based.… Read the rest
Eighteenth Century is a Portal to Postmodernism
Sep 1st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No, really, it is.… Read the rest
Nightmare in New Orleans
Aug 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Waters rise, 80% of city underwater, break in levee on Lake Pontchartrain.… Read the rest
Broken Levees Continue to Flood New Orleans
Aug 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
People stranded on roofs, shelters evacuated, roads closed, Biloxi devastated.… Read the rest
Cass Sunstein on the Precautionary Principle
Aug 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Status quo bias and the way emotion can overwhelm rational faculties.… Read the rest
Roger Scruton on Maurice Cowling
Aug 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Irony as moral seriousness that would not allow itself the luxury of illusions.… Read the rest
Michael Ignatieff as Canadian PM?
Aug 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ignatieff returns to Toronto from Harvard to teach human rights.… Read the rest
UN Envoy Says US Harming Ugandan Aids Fight
Aug 31st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says Washington pressures Uganda to emphasize abstinence more than condoms.… Read the rest
Waters Rising in New Orleans
Aug 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gulf Coast, Mississippi after one of the most devastating storms ever to hit US.… Read the rest
Republicans Demand Scientists’ Papers
Aug 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Influential scientists say request for materials going back decades looks like intimidation.… Read the rest
UN Official Accuses Bush Over Condom Policy
Aug 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cutting funding for condoms could damage fight against Aids in Uganda.… Read the rest
Indonesia Launches Record Anti-Polio Drive
Aug 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
WHO warns virus could spread to Malaysia, China and the Philippines. … Read the rest
Salman Rushdie on Today [audio]
Aug 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The rise of fundamentalism in Kashmir, religious hatred law, the MCB, ‘faith’ schools.… Read the rest
Stupid Headline, Stupid Subhead
Aug 30th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Men cleverer than women’ – all men cleverer than all women? No. Stupid headline.… Read the rest
Christian Schools Sue University of California
Aug 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
UC admissions authorities refuse to certify high school science courses that teach creationism.… Read the rest
China Makes Gender Equality National Policy
Aug 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But it will take more than legislation to change deeply ingrained attitudes towards women.… Read the rest
Wretched of New Orleans Left to Face Hurricane
Aug 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The poor, the homeless, the carless queued for shelter.… Read the rest
Rushdie to Galloway: ‘Is That a Threat?’
Aug 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Galloway demanded ‘sensitivity’ about religion, warned of consequences.… Read the rest
‘Death to Bitches’ in Guatemala
Aug 29th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women are murdered and mutilated daily, and thought to deserve it.… Read the rest
