Which then got worse. Typical.
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.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Crusade Movie Not Box Office Dynamite
Because of rightward tilt in US, or inaccuracy, or secularism, or something.
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Pope Rushes to ‘Beatify’ His Predecessor
Usual five year wait for ‘sainthood’ may be skipped.
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Singapore Hangs Man for 1.03 kg of Cannabis
Amnesty International: Singapore may have highest population-relative execution rate in world.
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Fractal Relations, Hegemonies, Ethnic Studies
How English transformed itself into wannabe sociopoliticophilosophy.
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The Science of Gender and Science
Steven Pinker and Elizabeth Spelke discuss the subject by discussing the evidence.
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New Skeptics’ Circle at Pharyngula
Should keep you busy for a few days.
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Ungolden Silence on Golden Rice
Funny how silent the media are about research that offers evidence favorable to GM crops.
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Bullshit Guru
Surely there is more than one of those.
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Even Slavery is Culturally Relative to Some
To others, ‘To excuse it as a cultural or religious normality is equally indefensible.’
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It Was Julian Wot Won It
Lib Dems owe their success to Baggini’s changes of constituency.
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Not Satan, Just Guy Who Changed Mind
Goat heads would look nice on wall. No they wouldn’t.
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‘Commonweal’ Editor Told ‘You’re Next’
Editor’s forced resignation has shocked Catholic journalists and academics.
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Church of Fictionology Claims 450 Billion Members
Worship of Kool Aid man encouraged, unlike hidebound old Scientology.
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Vatican Dismisses Editor of Catholic Magazine
Scholars fear Vatican intends signal: disagreement with church is forbidden.
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Revenge of the Republic of Letters on Sartre
He had lots of disgust and no artistic sense of play.
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Elaine Showalter on the Academic Novel
Sociological interest of pope-crowning-like search for new university president.
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Carlin Romano on Pope’s Lack of Indignation
Quickly sealing Ratzinger ‘Hitler Youth’ file with ‘compulsory’ is too simple.
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Scientists Boycott Kansas Evolution ‘Hearings’
Boycott of ridiculous carnival led by AAAS and Kansas Citizens for Science.
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Kansas Heads Backward
Well into 21st century Kansas earnestly discussing whether schools should teach science.