Skeptophilia

One of the more horrifying stories from my home state of Louisiana is the more-or-less true tale of Madame Delphine Macarty LaLaurie . I qua...

I mentioned yesterday that the tactics being employed by the ultra-religious faction in the United States were seeming increasingly desperat...

Having grown up in the Deep South (as my dad used to say, any Deeper South and your hat would be floating), I'm frequently asked why I d...