That long list of peer-reviewed articles and citations – it must be around somewhere…… 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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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Talking to Rushdie 
Aug 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What happened with The Satanic Verses was a kind of prologue, now we’re in the main event.… Read the rest
Pope Warns Against Secularism
Aug 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Also DIY religion. Accept no substitutes.… Read the rest
Peter Singer on Animal Rights in the US
Aug 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Many states have exemptions to anticruelty laws for ‘common farming practices.’… Read the rest
Philosophy for Children
Aug 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lively discussions develop around the topics of beauty, truth, justice and reality.… Read the rest
Panorama Transcript
Aug 22nd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘God likes Muslims and dislikes Kafirs.’… Read the rest
Not Sucking but Yawning
Aug 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How hard the brain sucks depends in part on what you are trying to push into it. … Read the rest
The Puking Young Woman of the Continent
Aug 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Modern mindset demands quick fixes and is unwilling to defer gratification.… Read the rest
MCB Accuses BBC of Witch Hunt
Aug 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
BBC says MCB put pressure on Panorama interviewees to withdraw from program.… Read the rest
Letters on Observer Article on MCB
Aug 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Thank god that someone has finally seen through the PR machine of the MCB.’… Read the rest
A Founder of MCB Says It Is in Denial
Aug 21st, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The MCB is seen [by whom?] as representing mainstream Muslim opinion in the UK.’… Read the rest
Like Lana Turner Discovered at Soda Fountain
Aug 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Danto could do something as art critic he could not do as philosopher, namely philosophize.… Read the rest
Philosophers to Consider Movies at Seminar
Aug 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hoping application of philosophy to popular medium can make it more accessible. … Read the rest
Woolly Discussion of Multiculturalism
Aug 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Failure to define terms leaves all in confusion.… Read the rest
The Price of Multiculturalism
Aug 20th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It has encouraged the politicisation of identity in ethnic or religious terms.… Read the rest
Fareed Zakaria
Aug 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Interviews non-Yanks on tv show, giving US needed dose of cosmopolitanism.… Read the rest
Roger Scruton
Aug 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not an apologia but a reminder.… Read the rest
Normblog Profile Hits Century Mark
Aug 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Revisit some high spots.… Read the rest
Meet Some Scientists
Aug 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Martin Rees, Freeman Dyson, Francis Crick, E O Wilson, and more.… Read the rest
Women Barred From Voting in NWFP
Aug 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Senior Minister doesn’t know why media is so senstive about this issue.… Read the rest
