She dislikes ‘bad arguments put forward cultishly, with an in-group air of authority.’
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Democrats Attempt to Disown Secularism
Atheism, being a minority view, is shunned by both parties.
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Julian Baggini on the Importance of Status
Egalitarianism may be a matter of life or death.
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Jonathan Derbyshire on Reasoning Away God
Nicholas Everitt argues that faith is not belief in evidence of a certain kind.
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Discrimination Against Atheists in the US
Many targets are silent for fear of attracting more hatred.
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Women Resist Sharia in Ontario
Why should Muslim women be treated differently from other Canadian women?
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What Are Book Reviews For?
Shaking the sawdust out, a fun read over breakfast, settling scores.
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It Matters Who Gets to Hold the Pen
What if your White Goddess-Muse wants to write her own poetry?
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Scientists Observe Speciation
Nervous breakdowns for creationists predicted.
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Can Science Be Funny?
Well obviously! The Far Side, Hitchiker’s Guide, the Fashionable Dictionary…
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Eve Garrard on Amnesty International, 2
How do different human rights records compare?
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What if You Pray Your Fraud Will Go Undetected?
Researcher in flawed study of efficacy of prayer pleads guilty in unrelated fraud case.
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What to Call Our Contemporaneity
Zygmunt Bauman on modernity, postmodernity, post-late modernity.
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Bishops Throwing Their Weight Around
Secularism versus theocracy in an election year.
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Neither a Fox nor a Hedgehog
Hitchens recalls the Reagan years.
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National ‘Public’ Radio
How to make public service commercial? Easy – redefine ‘public service.’
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Historical Literacy Left Behind
Teaching to the test means students learn skills at expense of knowledge.
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Latin America Expert Quits in Protest
Accuses Kissinger and friends of silencing him in debate over US intervention in Chile.
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Bruce Grant on ‘Intelligent Design’
The first step on the road to theistic science.
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Mary Midgley Reviews Judith Butler
What is gained by translating familiar terms into exotic abstract language?