Skeptophilia

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

The conspiracies have been coming hard and fast lately.  I'm finding it hard to keep up with all of them.  We have all of the "fals...

Most of the time I'm able to keep some sense of humor about the crazy stuff that is the inspiration for the lion's share of my blog ...

Toward more precise speech, I'm going to highlight today the difference between two words that are often used interchangeably: "dou...

As a blogger who focuses continually on the crazy ideas people have, you'd think that after a while, I'd either (1) become cynical, ...

Today's topic is compartmentalization, a psychological phenomenon that is defined thus: Compartmentalization is an unconscious psycho...

If you're a Democrat, I have good news for you: President Obama is going to win reelection in November. I'm not saying this becaus...