Local government stopped giving vaccine last August.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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WHO: Vaccination to Resume in Nigeria
Kano state to resume vaccinations after eight month boycott.
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West and Central Africa at Risk of Polio
Officials announced a 22-country synchronized vaccination campaign for autumn.
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Astronomer Martin Rees Considers the Future
Our Final Century says we are on thin ice.
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Vetting of Government Scientists on WHO Panels
Science is supposed to be an open process, not a government-approved one.
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Horrible Prediction
‘Ten or fifteen years from now, appeals to religious Americans will be an accepted part of liberal politics.’
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Chris Mooney on an Under-reported Issue
Bush administration interferes between WHO and government scientists.
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New Limits on Government Scientists
Experts now need approval before consulting with WHO.
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Bush Protects Sugar Biz From Health Nuts
Sugar doesn’t make people fat, science makes people fat!
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How the Brain Makes the Mind
William Calvin Review Soul Made Flesh and The Birth of the Mind.
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Yet Another Love Letter to James Wood
‘…not the bitter pill of theory, that cocktail of mixed motives and obfuscation practiced in the academy.’
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Infantile Leftism, all Gestures and Outrage
‘Foucault was not just wrong; he erased any possibility for proving himself to be right.’
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Overcooked Prose and Underdone Graduates
‘…once theory poured into the academy, it set like concrete.’
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The Actual List Itself This Time
Vote for the top five, and add one.
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Hitchens is Mildly Critical of Michael Moore
Yes, movies need a POV, but they don’t need to omit disconfirming material and throw in any old rubbish.
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Theism Mandatory for Kerry, David Brooks Says
Doesn’t have to be a saint, but does have to be ‘engaged in a personal voyage toward God.’
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Interview with Richard Dawkins
‘I feel strongly about things – especially about double standards, hypocrisy, failure to think clearly.’
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Historians and Scientists on List of Intellectuals
And this is surprising because?
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David Herman on The List
‘Youth culture is another striking absence.’ What’s striking about it?
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48 Nobel Laureates Endorse Bush Opponent
Unusual step for Nobel winners indicates disquiet at Bush policies on science.