German historian opposed revisionist accounts of Holocaust.… 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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The Repatriation Issue 
Aug 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Critics angered by assertion of tribal rights over needs of science and knowledge.… Read the rest
Another Myth Shot Down
Aug 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Marco Polo did not go to China, okay? He read some books he found in Persia. … Read the rest
Declinism in France
Aug 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘so out of breath, so indebted, so closed in its own prejudices’ – narratives of decline are fun.… Read the rest
Shock News – The DaVinci Code is Fiction!
Aug 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
People who think it’s fact should be herded into a crop circle and beaten with The Bible Code.… Read the rest
Knowledge is More Than Cultural Capital
Aug 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It can make the world a better place; downgrading the struggle for knowledge is reactionary.… Read the rest
Blame Atheism!
Aug 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For what? Oh, everything. Holidays, strikes, Europe. Why not after all?… Read the rest
Cloning of Human Embryos Given Go Ahead
Aug 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Just wait for the complaints of religious maniacs…… Read the rest
Education for its Own Sake or for a Job?
Aug 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gradgrind, Clarke; golf course management or utterly purposeless history study.… Read the rest
Is Islam Religion or Political Ideology?
Aug 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Both. ‘Religion is what makes Islamic political ideology so dangerous.’… Read the rest
Evidence for Social Brain Theory
Aug 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Did humans evolve large brain to negotiate and manipulate complex social relationships?… Read the rest
Style – Communication or Self-expression?
Aug 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Truth-telling, therapy, sharing? Facts, beauty?… Read the rest
Phallocentric Theorizing When It’s at Home
Aug 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Acephalic Litter as a Phallic Letter’ – and that’s not a parody!… Read the rest
Is Al-Jazeera Biased? More Than Others?
Aug 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Is an Arab-language satellite news network funded by US Congress ‘the free one’?… Read the rest
Paranoia at Historians’ Convention
Aug 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Does Keith Windschuttle have an agenda or is he merely pointing out mistakes?… Read the rest
Come Back to the Raft Ag’in, Martin Honey
Aug 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Two guys, a long river trip, Heidegger: now playing at your local cinema.… Read the rest
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?
Aug 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Doctor accuses man of killing his own children on the basis of TV documentary.… Read the rest
A Guess is not Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Aug 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Your view was a theory which was not presented as a theory but as a near certainty.’… Read the rest
Munchausen’s by Proxy That Wasn’t
Aug 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Doctor banned from child protection cases for three years.… Read the rest
Oh So That’s Why Everyone is so Perky
Aug 8th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There are traces of Prozac in UK drinking water. Some worry, others don’t.… Read the rest
