In Kansas, the state-approved answer might soon be Yes.
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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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Should Biology be Taught via the Bible?
No. Why bother debating?
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PZ Myers Gently Takes Issue With Michael Behe
‘Behe doesn’t get to just wave his hands and have all the evidence for evolutionary biology magically disappear’
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Colin McCabe on Francis Wheen
Saying ‘pull up your socks, Baudrillard minor’ is not quite enough.
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Norman Levitt on Revealed Truth at Harvard
Barbarity of refusing to examine a theory because it contradicts favourite pieties.
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Freeman Dyson on Seeing the Unseen
Two very different ways of thinking about science: via tools or concepts.
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Michael Behe Argues from Personal Incredulity
Lacking ‘convincing’ non-design explanation, justified to think intelligent design was involved in life.
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No Evidence That Ward Churchill Is Indian
‘The image of an angry Indian’ – as seen at your local multiplex.
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Dennis Banks on ‘Academic and Indian Fraud’
‘Ward Churchill has been masquerading as an Indian for years behind his
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The Article That Caused the Fuss
The guy does seem a tad confused…
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Churchill Controversy Simmers
Tenure? Free speech? Advocacy of violence? Scholarship? Professionalism? Rights?
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Churchill Clarifies Some Points
And leaves others opaque.
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No Florida State University Chiropractic School
Hundreds of FSU professors signed petitions against the school.
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Can Spinal Manipulation Cure Skin Diseases?
Do you need lots of treatment because your body is out of balance?
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Why Did Churchill Get Hired in the First Place?
How did he get hired, tenured and named the head of a department?
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Ernst Mayr Dies
Eminent evolutionary biologist, one of the most influential scientists of 20th century.
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Ernst Mayr 1904-2005
An architect of the ‘evolutionary synthesis.’
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What’s Wrong With Ayn Rand
Misty-eyed conservatives should realize she wrote science fiction, not philosophy.
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Ernst Mayr
The New York Times obit.
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Ernst Mayr
The Washington Post obit.