Somewhat confused review of book on aliens as cultural manifestation.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Gödel on the Internet
Gödel’s incompleteness theorem is invoked daily to whack people over the head.
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Are Nazism and Communism Equivalent?
“there was no one in Nazi Germany who advocated “Nazism with a human face”.’
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Oh No – Imbalance in Story on Rutgers Athletics!
What to do? Tell the instructor what to teach, of course.
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Lars Svendsen’s A Philosophy of Boredom
Is boredom psychological or the result of boring shops and boring governments?
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Horowitz’s Undocumented Story Has Legs
Searchers have failed to find corroborating evidence, but story appears in newspapers.
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Review of Bernard Williams on Truth
Williams effectively explains the virtues of truth telling to a non-specialist audience.
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Christopher Hitchens on Tom Paine
Wanted American Revolution to be more radical, French to be less ideological, rigid, bloodthirsty.
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Protests on Global Women’s Day
Mukhtar Mai led march in Pakistan, men in Bangladesh joined women protesting acid attacks.
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Human Trafficking in South Africa
Molo Songololo and other NGOs work to stop the flesh trade in women and children.
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Women Challenge Traditional Status as Minors
Young woman in Swaziland gang-raped by bus conductors while spectators cheered.
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Amnesty, Oxfam Report on Guns’ Impact on Women
Women are particularly at risk of certain crimes such as family violence and rape.
