Skeptophilia

Thomas Paine said, "He who would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty h...

In yet another pointless, heartless, and cruel move by the Trump administration, a budget proposal includes a directive by the Department of...

Well, voting day is done, and although the dust has yet to settle, it appears to have gone as badly as it possibly could have. I'm sick ...

Many of us here in the United States have been appalled and dismayed by the response some people are having to the recent double-whammy of H...

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...

I was talking with a friend this past weekend, and the subject of children's television came up. "It all sucks," he lamented. ...

I always give a grim chuckle whenever someone on the far right calls us liberals "snowflakes," because when it comes to taking off...

I have to admit that COVID-19 has me a little skittish. I know all the reassuring bits -- that most people who contract it have few or no ...