Zoo employees, others said religion shouldn’t be part of scientific institution.
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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Hitchens Argues on Late Night Live
Stellar Australian radio programme pits Hitch against Robert Manne.
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Jerry Springer’s Guests Get All Existential
Can Todd and Ursula reconcile post-Enlightenment meta-narrative with – stay tuned.
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George Szirtes on Andrey Platonov
The only utopianism worth anything is that of the suffering, the kindly, the saintly.
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Women Protest Sex Discrimination in Iran
Tired of promises of improved status that are forgotten after election.
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Iranian Women Defy Police Whips
Women have voting rights but suffer discrimination in legal matters.
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Dilettante Sociology Instead of Drawing I
Art education has gone all theory and identity and no skill.
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Enraged at Mary Warnock
‘…born and bred to bully people, in Jane Austen’s immortal words, into peace and prosperity.’
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A Goldfish, Mistaking Repetition for Novelty
Ignorance denies people the chance to enjoy some good stuff – as it always has.
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On the Asymmetry of Creation and Appreciation
Lilacs, biographies, Scarlatti: can we appreciate them enough?
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Subtle, Elegant, Witty, Erudite Review
Not a hint of overkill or intemperate rage anywhere. Impressive.
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Blake Morrison Reviews John Carey
He ‘takes the side of the little man against the big shots.’ Hmmm.
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Julian Baggini Interviews John Carey
The arts can make our lives richer but can’t make us better people.
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Katha Pollitt on Brooklyn Prof Godless Shocker
Brooklyn College is a public, secular institution, not a Bible college.
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Polly Toynbee on Religious Hatred Bill
Enlightenment values under growing threat from collective softening of the brain.