They work in dangerous places because that’s where the need is.… 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.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Too Short, Too Shy, Tits Too Small? 
Aug 26th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Take a pill! Have an op! Fix yourself, you must be broken.… Read the rest
Groupthink?
Aug 25th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Are pro-GM scientists bullying dissenters to get them to agree?… Read the rest
Rough Edges at Harvard
Aug 25th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
More multicultural understanding, or more reading and math?… Read the rest
Valid Points? Or Merely the Usual Suspects?
Aug 24th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Did Habermas and Derrida ignore the Others, are they Eurocentric, what about Africa and Asia?… Read the rest
Oh That Old Ploy
Aug 24th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Astrology’s alibi: we’re ‘not a science but a symbolic, allusive language.’… Read the rest
Foucault on Society
Aug 23rd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He wasn’t the first to point out the importance of the despised and excluded, but he did it well.… Read the rest
C. Wright Mills
Aug 23rd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘his name rarely appears on the reading lists of fashionable graduate courses in social and cultural theory’ and that’s reccomendation enough.… Read the rest
‘Family-Friendly’ Policies and Gender Roles
Aug 22nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Study shows the relationship between workplace flexibility and who does the housework to be complex.… Read the rest
Helpful Hints from Michael Hann
Aug 22nd, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The newspapapers as guides to what to say about Martin Amis.… Read the rest
Publisher Drops Honderich Book
Aug 21st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
German publisher Suhrkamp reacts to charges of anti-Semitism.… Read the rest
Trotsky’s Great Grand-daughter
Aug 21st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘If you want to be a scientist, you cannot allow politics to get in the way of your objectivity.’… Read the rest
Science as Democratizer
Aug 21st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Critical thinking is good for democracy, and science can unify people.… Read the rest
Ted Honderich Page
Aug 21st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
With links to letters from Habermas and others relevant to publication controversy.… Read the rest
Popularising Without Dumbing Down
Aug 21st, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Stephen Law abandoned ‘dippy’ ideas for reasoned ones.… Read the rest
Islam and Human Rights
Aug 20th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ishtiaq Ahmed argues that a Muslim cultural identity need not be confused with harsh laws and practices from the medieval past.… Read the rest
Ridiculous, But Not Aboriginal
Aug 20th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Prince Harry, modernist artist, kind of.… Read the rest
Do Artists Pay Critics’ Mortgages?
Aug 19th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And if they do does that mean the critics have to give them good reviews?… Read the rest
Galileo and Urban VIII
Aug 19th, 2003 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Galileo annoyed the Pope by claiming certainty for his hypothesis.… Read the rest
