258 cases of parents found guilty of killing a child to be reviewed.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Is the Self a Narrative?
No, there are other ways to think about it, says Galen Strawson.
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Not all Skepticism is Good Skepticism
Carl Zimmer on how extinction skeptics get it wrong.
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Science and Profit Collide Again
WHO criticizes Bush administration for letting sugar lobby block efforts against obesity.
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Jung’s Concepts Empirical not Speculative?
Hunger for meaning not always compatible with wish to be a scientist.
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Grayling on Jung
The pseudo-scientific psychological theories of Freud and Jung are of little interest now.
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‘Too Early’ for Women in Afghanistan
‘We are opposed to women singing and dancing,’ Supreme Court says.
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‘Middle-Earth is the Kingdom of Kitsch’
Perpetual childhood, emotion on the cheap, sincere sentimentalism.
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Disgust Quiz
A companion exercise to Taboo. Good clean fun.
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Noah’s Flood Made the Grand Canyon
Book offering Biblical version of geology for sale in National Park shop.
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Framing and ‘Tax Relief’
Control the definition and the game is yours.
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Peer Reviewed – by Which Peers?
Bush administration seeks to control who reviews scientific research.
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Regulate Psychoanalysts? Jamais!
Lacan said the ‘analyst’s only authority is his own.’ Hmm.
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Julian Baggini on Kilroy-Silk
Remember Mill’s distinction between offense and harm.
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NY Times on the 2004 Edge Question
Find the silly comment equating scientific uncertainty with uncertainty about science.
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Lingua Franca Writers Sued
Bankruptcy trustee demands return of already reduced fees.
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Compare Coverage
Philip Stott looks at reporting on the GM Advisory Committee.
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Public Understanding of Science
It does matter if people think science produces absolute certainties.
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Report Clears GM Maize, Not Other Crops
Experts say beets and oil seed rape could pose a threat to birds and insects.
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Norberto Bobbio Obituary
Italy’s leading legal and political philosopher.