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I ran across two stories yesterday that fall squarely into the "You People Do Realize You Have Bigger Problems To Worry About, Right?...

I have a basic rule I try to follow, which is: insofar as it is possible, tell the truth. I'll be up front that I haven't always m...

It's been kind of a grim week here at Skeptophilia .  The news over the last few days has been seriously depressing, what with the curre...

Humans are complex beasts. I know, it doesn't take a Ph.D. to figure that out.  (Fortunately for me, since I don't have one.)  But...

I ran across two stories yesterday that fall squarely into the "You People Do Realize You Have Bigger Problems To Worry About, Right?...

What is it with people and cartoons? We've had people claiming that the Cat in the Hat is a coded symbol for the takeover of the world...

I'm going to make a bold statement here: in any modern society, the single most critical thing for fostering intellectual advancement is...

Can I ask my readers who are conservative to stop for a moment, take a deep breath, and listen to what the leaders in the race for the Repu...

In troubled times, people forget that one of our core values is compassion. Despite what you might have heard, it's not unique to We...

There's a fundamental rule I follow: if I make a statement, and people I trust take exception to it, I try to listen. That happened to...

Can I clarify something here? Learning about  something is not the same as learning to believe in it. As an example, in an introductory ...

On Friday, September 11, an enormous crane collapsed in the Grand Mosque in the city of Mecca, killing 107 people and injuring 87. The...

Once again, the fervently religious of our world have shown themselves capable of following the Red Queen's dictum of holding several co...

Magicians excel at misdirection and sleight of hand.  They can seemingly do the impossible, when in fact their shtick is simply a combinatio...

Something that conquerors have understood throughout history is that if you want to destroy a culture, you don't have to kill all of its...

Sometimes I think I don't understand my fellow humans very well. I try my hardest -- in fact, you might think of this blog as a five...