Movie claims to be about quantum physics but is complete bollocks.… 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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In Our Time Does ‘Greatest Philosopher’ Poll 
May 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Plato? Kant? Alain de Botton? Nominate, vote.… Read the rest
Edward Skidelsky Reviews Simon Blackburn
May 19th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Truth, reason, objectivity survive the demolition work of Nietzsche and James.… Read the rest
Republicans Move to Ban Women From Combat Support
May 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women are too distracting.… Read the rest
Anxious Men Wonder
May 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is Army stealthily violating ban on women in combat?… Read the rest
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Interview in the Guardian
May 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Condition of women in Muslim communities an intractable problem which liberals and multiculturalists refused to address. … Read the rest
Charges of Religious Indoctrination at Air Force Academy
May 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fliers passed out in dining hall advertising the movie ‘The Passion of the Christ.’… Read the rest
B&W Speaks [audio - starts 34 minutes in]
May 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
ABC’s Late Night’s Phillip Adams chats with JS and OB about Dictionary.… Read the rest
Mathematics not Platonic but Communal
May 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Some proofs are so long that mathematicians give up and agree to agree.… Read the rest
Russell Jacoby on Utopianism
May 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Blueprint utopianism is no good, but the iconoclastic kind is another matter.… Read the rest
History is Making a Surreal Comeback
May 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The search for truth remains a work in progress.… Read the rest
Public Money to Teach People to Talk to the Dead
May 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Spiritualist’ group qualifies because it celebrates diversity.… Read the rest
Church and its Leader Free of Error on Morality
May 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Which makes it difficult to apologize to, say, Jews. Oh well.… Read the rest
Cronyism in Academic Poetry?! Surely Not!
May 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Foetry exposes the violent, blood-spattered world of poetry contests.… Read the rest
Just Pointing to Environmental Damage Not Enough
May 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is both a cost and a benefit and you have to weigh them up.… Read the rest
Animal Rights Disgrace
May 15th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Parkinson’s sufferer called ‘Nazi.’… Read the rest
Irshad Manji Calls for Muslim Think Tank
May 15th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Author wants changes in Islam’s stance on issues such as human rights.… Read the rest
A Little Sarcasm on ID
May 15th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Science that doesn’t teach his religious beliefs is biased against his religious beliefs. Yeah right.… Read the rest
Quadratic Equations Rock
May 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Analytical thought process in maths is a skill that will empower anyone.… Read the rest
History Matters, and That Includes Movie History
May 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Epic films can include epic inaccuracies, historians point out.… Read the rest
