Skeptophilia

The first people targeted by political ideologues are almost always the artists, authors, poets, and other creatives. No other group has a w...

I'm taking a day off from our regularly scheduled programming because I am so sick at heart about what is happening in my country that ...

In the latest from the "News Stories That Make Me Want To Take Ockham's Razor And Slit My Wrists With It" department, we have ...

Richard Dawkins wrote, "I think it's important to realize that when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity,...

Today's post revolves around an ethical question: is it right for a country to seek extradition of a man for war crimes -- if the allege...

In psychologist Jonathan Haidt's seminal talk " The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives ," he makes an intriguing statem...

So once again I've been sent a link several times with either "Oh, lord, here we go again" or "Ha!  This is real!  You s...

Sometimes I have to check in on the r/conspiracy subreddit  just to see what new nutty conspiracy theories are out there.  I try to make sur...

I'm being driven to the conclusion that Ben Carson is insane. This has very little to do with his stance on actual issues.  From what ...

Some of my readers may remember that last year, Iranian news agencies announced that they had invented a spaceship that ran on "regula...

I'm frequently the recipient of posted responses and emails, and I'm pleased to say that the majority of them are quite pleasant and...

The "Baltic Sea Anomaly" is becoming the woo-woo phenomenon that will not die. You probably remember that the whole thing starte...