Skeptophilia

In May of 2015, the brilliant and acerbic Andy Borowitz wrote a piece for The New Yorker  entitled " Earth Endangered by New Strain of ...

If, like me,  you find yourself perusing conspiracy websites every so often, you're probably wondering what the conspiracists are gonna ...

I have an update for those of you who are worried about when the world is going to end, or civilization is going to fall, which honestly wo...

I was discussing with a friend a couple of days ago the devastating floods that have hit Texas, caused by an aberrant weather pattern that i...

It's a minor mystery to me why some groups seem to enjoy appearing persecuted. Maybe they think it's some kind of bizarre pseudo-s...

What is it about President Obama that has brought out the conspiracy wingnuts in droves? Maybe it's just that I wasn't as aware of...

I told myself that I wouldn't blog about the government shutdown. As I've mentioned before, I'm not a very political person.  ...

Today I'm going to ask a question that I'm not at all certain I have an answer to:  Is it possible to separate creative people from ...

Despite the fact that I scour the internet daily for weird news, sometimes I miss good ones.   I try not to fret about these oversights, how...