Skeptophilia

What strikes me about the last ten years isn't just the slow slide into fascism, the grift, the corruption, the attempted codification i...

Back in the fifth century C. E., things had been looking pretty hopeless for the Jewish people in the Middle East for nearly three centuries...

Because in the last ten years saying, "Well, things can't get any weirder" has been a losing proposition, now we have: Donald ...

Let me start out with the punchline. Whatever you think "good Germans" should have done in the 1930s is exactly what you should be...

The Greek philosopher Socrates made a name for himself -- as well as a good many enemies -- by pouncing on people who were using words like ...

I'm all for keeping an open mind, but there comes a point where my attitude is, "Produce some hard evidence or shut the hell up....

Back in 2006, some people in Hong Kong noticed that despite its facing out over the warm waters of the South China Sea, it seldom gets hit b...

You've undoubtedly heard British philosopher Thomas Hobbes 's famous quote that in the past, our forebears' lives were "nas...

Something that really grinds my gears is how quick people can be to trumpet their own ignorance, seemingly with pride. I recall being in a s...