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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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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.
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Ernst Mayr
The LA Times on why Mayr mattered.
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Women’s Rights in the Middle East Bulletin
Iran, Ontario, Algeria, France; stonings, Sharia, elections.
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Secular vs. Sacred, Universal vs. Multicultural
Azam Kamguian: It is getting harder to argue against Hijab and women’s subordination.
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Pakistan Witnessing Birth of Islamic Feminism
Women are now fighting for their rights, both in life and in research.
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Talib Khadim Released
Kidnapped Iraqi union official has been freed.
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A Slide Into Non-communicating Interest Groups
Faith schools become places where young minds can be turned away from understanding other cultures.
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Oops – Discovery Institute Let Cat Out of Bag
Design theory promises a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions.
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Szasz Meets (or Doesn’t Meet) His Critics
Szasz says illness is physical not mental; critics say that’s false; Szasz says it’s true.
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IRS Investigates NAACP
Tax-exempt organizations not allowed to criticize Bush. Unless they are churches?
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Restrictions on Intimidation by Animal Activists
Colin Blakemore: researchers must be able to work without fear of intimidation.
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Introduction to a Satirical Dictionary
A way of seeing the world which enables us to decide all questions in our own favour.
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Threats Prevent ‘Submission’ Screening
Organisers of Rotterdam Film Festival cancel showing of Van Gogh-Hirsi Ali film, on advice of police.
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Self-Censorship in US Classrooms
Teachers avoid the subject of evolution to avoid trouble.
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Island of Skepticism in Sea of Religious Conformity
As religion entrenches itself, atheists become ever more marginal.
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Bill in Ohio Legislature to Micromanage Universities
State lawmakers plan to tell teachers what to teach? Could get tricky.
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Relax. Relax. Why Won’t You Relax!?
A shaman, soul awakening, transpersonal therapists, and other nightmares.