Bush administration still packing science advisory panels with ideologues.
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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Washington Post on MMR and Wakefield
Media panics create a debate where there isn’t one.
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See Gwyneth Paltrow’s Cupping Bruises!
Hey, it’s an ancient Chinese practice, so it must be healthy, right?
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With Respect, YH, You’ve Got it Wrong
Michael Baum tells Charles Windsor what’s wrong with anecdotal ‘evidence’.
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi Will Not Face Charges
Insufficient evidence, cautious speech, interest in the truth.
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Doubts About Religious Hatred Law
‘…where people feel free to be able to express sensible views and have sensible arguments.’
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How to End ‘Honour’ Killings
Create communities where people believe there is no honour in honour killing.
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Meghnad Desai on Religious Hatred Laws
Secular democracy should get away from privileging religion, not give it special status.
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Polly Toynbee Named ‘Islamophobe of Year’
Perhaps it’s time to start naming ‘Secularophobe of the Year’.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
Chris Mooney reports on their press conference.
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Surgeon Rebukes Prince over Alternative Therapy
Authority via study and research v. authority via accident of birth.
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Surprise! Americans Don’t Read Much
From On Native Grounds to Amusing Ourselves to Death.
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Blunkett Renews Bid to Outlaw Religious Hatred
Inappropriate to punish those who merely offend people’s religious sensibilities?
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That’s a Relief
We can criticise religion, as long as we do it sensibly.
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Blunkett’s Well-meaning Waffle
Beyond the remit and power of home secretaries to compel people to be kind.
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Hormonal Birth Control as ‘Silent’ Abortionist
Pharmacists and doctors are denying patients access to birth control pills.
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Hear Blunkett on Today
No worry, we can say what we like about religion, as long as it’s sensible.
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Campaigns Against Vaccinations Can Do Harm
How can doctors be persuaded to comport themselves as scientists?
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Surely Ethical Tobacco is an Oxymoron?
Well but they grow it with ever such nice organic fertilizer.
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Study of Environmental Causes of Autism
Colin Blakemore says MRC’s 2001 review of autism research highlighted gaps in knowledge.