Skeptophilia

In his brilliant, labyrinthine novel Foucault's Pendulum , about the conspiracy theory to end all conspiracy theories, Umberto Eco's...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Nabisco creating a hermetically-sealed, bomb-proof vault on the island of Svalbard, with the sole purpo...

It is a never-ending source of amusement to me how easy it is to get the conspiracy theorists' knickers in a twist. The latest example...

With all of the controversy right now over the upcoming presidential election, the conflicts over gun rights and federal land ownership, and...

Ready for a convoluted story? Today's journey is about the twistiest trip through mythology, fakery, and pseudohistory I have ever see...