Skeptophilia

Today I have for you two news stories that are interesting primarily in juxtaposition. The first is a press release about a study out of St...

Ever since Donald Trump came on the political scene, bragging that he could shoot someone in full view on Fifth Avenue and not lose a single...

My grandma used to say, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them -- the first  time." It's good advice, and when I h...

The whole "they're weird" thing seems to be getting under the Republicans' skin. J. D. Vance took the opportunity in an in...

In the episode of the original Star Trek  " The Day of the Dove ," a malevolent alien entity traps 38 members of the Enterprise  c...

By now, I'm sure you've all heard that my former home state of Louisiana has passed a law requiring all public school teachers to po...

Okay, Republicans, I know you and I don't see eye-to-eye on much, but there's one thing we somehow gotta come onto common ground abo...

The first people targeted by political ideologues are almost always the artists, authors, poets, and other creatives. No other group has a w...

I wonder if you've heard about the latest attempt to turn the state of Florida into an autonomous authoritarian oligarchy. No, I'm n...