Skeptophilia

Is it too much to ask that the Trump administration simply tells the damn truth? That's all I ask.  Just stop lying .  I'm fine with...

Well, I just ran into the single stupidest conspiracy theory in existence. Don't even try to convince me there's a dumber one, becau...

Loony people are hardly a new invention.  Any claims that "people are crazier now than they used to be" generally springs from one...

I don't think I'll ever understand the conspiracy theorist mindset. It's not, mind you, that I think conspiracies never happen. ...

Okay, now I've heard everything. If you ever run across a more ridiculous claim, I do not  want to know about it.  This one already lowe...

Last week I had a frustrating exchange with an acquaintance over the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine. He'd posted on social media a meme ...

In Dorothy Sayers' novel Gaudy Night , set (and written) in 1930s England, a group of Oxford University dons are the targets of an incre...

Is it just me, or has the Religious Right completely lost the plot? And surprisingly, I am not referring to their continuing support of Dona...

I have a question: how completely batshit insane does someone have to be before the far-right evangelical Christians will stop listening to ...

Last September I took a job working half-time, providing companion care for a senior gentleman who lives in a full-care facility about twent...

I suppose it's a good sign when what I write grabs me by the emotions and swings me around, and it bodes well for the story having the s...