Somewhat confused review of book on aliens as cultural manifestation.… 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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Gödel on the Internet 
Mar 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gödel’s incompleteness theorem is invoked daily to whack people over the head.… Read the rest
Are Nazism and Communism Equivalent?
Mar 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“there was no one in Nazi Germany who advocated “Nazism with a human face”.’… Read the rest
Slavery? What Slavery?
Mar 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Factually incorrect history.… Read the rest
The Amish Believe in Submission and Forgiveness
Mar 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Which gives incest a lot of room to flourish.… Read the rest
Why Gödel Matters
Mar 12th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He is deployed by people with antirationalist agendas to whack science.… Read the rest
Oh No – Imbalance in Story on Rutgers Athletics!
Mar 11th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What to do? Tell the instructor what to teach, of course.… Read the rest
A Daily Reading List – With Attitude
Mar 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Arts and Letters Daily approaches its hundredth million.… Read the rest
The End of History?
Mar 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The notion is the last of the utopian projects.… Read the rest
Lars Svendsen’s A Philosophy of Boredom
Mar 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is boredom psychological or the result of boring shops and boring governments?… Read the rest
Horowitz’s Undocumented Story Has Legs
Mar 10th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Searchers have failed to find corroborating evidence, but story appears in newspapers.… Read the rest
How Not to Explain Suicide Bombing
Mar 9th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Eve Garrard teases apart some familiar non-explanations.… Read the rest
Oliver Sacks on Francis Crick
Mar 9th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Crick’s mind was always moving forward.… Read the rest
Review of Bernard Williams on Truth
Mar 9th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Williams effectively explains the virtues of truth telling to a non-specialist audience.… Read the rest
Christopher Hitchens on Tom Paine
Mar 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Wanted American Revolution to be more radical, French to be less ideological, rigid, bloodthirsty.… Read the rest
Protests on Global Women’s Day
Mar 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mukhtar Mai led march in Pakistan, men in Bangladesh joined women protesting acid attacks.… Read the rest
No Going Back
Mar 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fight for women’s equality that began 30 years ago will continue, and faster.… Read the rest
Human Trafficking in South Africa
Mar 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Molo Songololo and other NGOs work to stop the flesh trade in women and children.… Read the rest
Women Challenge Traditional Status as Minors
Mar 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Young woman in Swaziland gang-raped by bus conductors while spectators cheered. … Read the rest
Amnesty, Oxfam Report on Guns’ Impact on Women
Mar 8th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women are particularly at risk of certain crimes such as family violence and rape. … Read the rest
