What do we mean by: safety, comfort, offense, hatred, inappropriate, healthy campus climate?… 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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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Poverty and Superstition
Nov 5th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonDavid Stanway looks at the idiocy of rural life in China.… Read the rest
Neglecting One’s Social Duty
Nov 5th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhen was child-bearing made compulsory?… Read the rest
The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism
Nov 5th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBeing playful and ironic and in fashion has its limitations.… Read the rest
Is it Protest or Trespass?
Nov 4th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘I was protecting the environment’ is not a defence, high court rules.… Read the rest
Department of Jumping to Conclusions
Nov 4th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhite guys at university binge-drink because they’re so ashamed of not being diverse, right?… Read the rest
Dictionary of Life Has Two Billion Entries
Nov 3rd, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe first letter is G, the two billionth is T.… Read the rest
‘Philosophers Have Beards’ – Really? All of Them?
Nov 3rd, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTV could be an excellent medium for popularizing philosophy, but if it always has to be visually entrancing, well…… Read the rest
Adam Swift Defends Diane Abbott
Nov 2nd, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHow political principles and personal choices fit together matters.… Read the rest
Royals are Cross at Their Runaway Slave
Nov 2nd, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhat it’s like to work for people who can’t fasten their own seat belts or recognize servants as human.… Read the rest
MMR Debate Turns Nasty
Nov 1st, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThey were once colleagues. Now they’re bickering.… Read the rest
Romila Thapar
Nov 1st, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCampaign against historian by the Hindutva brigade.… Read the rest
Academic Boycott of Israel – Part 2
Oct 31st, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOxford prof suspended for rejecting Israeli student on the grounds of his nationality.… Read the rest
Neurotic Brits Risk Measles Epidemic
Oct 31st, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTake-up of MMR jab remains low despite ‘unequivocal evidence’ that it is not a risk factor for autism.… Read the rest
Lemmings Not Lemmings At All
Oct 31st, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonApparently it’s not true that they are really depressed.… Read the rest
No Level Playing Field For GM Crops Debate
Oct 31st, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonScientists furious that UK government allowed the GM crops debate to be hijacked by the antis.… Read the rest
Open Letter to HM Government
Oct 31st, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPhilip Stott publishes the full letter from scientists on bad media coverage of the GM debate.… Read the rest
Amartya Sen on Being More Than One Thing
Oct 30th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWe’re not just Western or Hindu or Muslim.… Read the rest
Where in the Brain is the Self?
Oct 30th, 2003 | Filed by Ophelia BensonDamage to the brain can cause some odd experiences of self, a neurologist explains.… Read the rest