Skeptophilia

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...

I've been trying to stay off the topic of politics lately. Besides being depressing, the subject has lately been fraught with overtone...

There are several topics about which I think, "Okay, I've said all that needs to be said about that.  I've plumbed the depth of...

Call me masochistic, but every so often I like to check in and see what people like Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones are saying. Those two, a...

Can I suggest that now, in the midst of the Information Age, there are certain questions you might ask and arguments you might make that are...

The biggest winter storm yet this season has spun its way out into the north Atlantic, after burying parts of the northeast under as much as...

I wonder sometimes how outrageous public figures have to become before people will stop following them. Just last week, we had Rush Limba...

Dear readers, Before I get to today's post, I want to point out something that you probably have already noticed -- a new feature in t...

I think that mental laziness contributes more to the prevalence of media idiocy than any other factor. I mean, let's face it.  The si...

Last night the remnants of Hurricane Isaac swept through upstate New York, bringing electrical storms and some much-needed rain to our area,...