Skeptophilia

My maternal grandmother was born Flora Meyer-Lévy, in the little town of Chackbay, Louisiana, in 1893.  I never knew her -- she died fourtee...

Yesterday we looked at a website haunted by the ghost of a little girl named "Repleh Snatas," which would be kind of creepy if she...

My mother's grandfather, Joseph Meyer, was one of a small community of French Jews near Donaldsonville, Louisiana.  His family, like man...

This weekend, I inadvertently started an online argument about the Syrian refugees. I rarely get involved in political discussions online ...

And to end the week in an appropriately surreal fashion, yet another reader of Skeptophilia  sent me a link that gives you instructions to ...

At what point are you allowed to say, "That may be your religion, but it's completely insane," without being accused of crossi...

For the latest reason that you should avoid being vaccinated, as long as you have zero understanding of science, we have: The medical esta...

When secular types think of instances of the religious demanding that we treat counterfactual beliefs as if they were real, the first thing ...

Every once in a while I'll run across something and think, "Yeah, I remember hearing about that," but even after thinking abou...

Yesterday I came across the world's dumbest conspiracy theory. I know I've said this before.  I said this about the claim that Pre...