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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...

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

I'll be right up front with you.  I have no idea what to do about the problem of immigration, illegal and otherwise.  In my admittedly r...

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...

It's a minor mystery to me why some groups seem to enjoy appearing persecuted. Maybe they think it's some kind of bizarre pseudo-s...

There's this thing called the No True Scotsman fallacy .  In its more innocent forms, it manifests as a redefinition of terms if you...

When I hear people make ridiculous and deliberately inflammatory statements, sometimes I have to resist the temptation to grab them by the s...

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

Islam has had some serious problem with its PR in the past couple of weeks, what with the Charlie Hebdo massacre , a series of Boko Haram at...

I'm certain that all of you by now have heard about the deaths of twelve members of the staff of the French satirical magazine Charlie ...

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

A friend and loyal reader of Skeptophilia  called me out a couple of days ago for a statement I made in the post " Tribal mentality ,...

I told myself that I wouldn't blog about the government shutdown. As I've mentioned before, I'm not a very political person.  ...