Skeptophilia

After dealing in recent posts with such topics as the catastrophic loss of Arctic sea ice, the role of isolation in depression, and various ...

I got an email from a friend and long-time loyal reader of Skeptophilia  last week, to the effect that I'd picked a hell of a time to ta...

There's a quote from Winston Churchill that goes, "You have enemies?  Good.  That means you've stood up for something, some tim...

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

Remember last summer, when the "Jade Helm" training exercise in Texas got a whole bunch of conspiracy theorists stirred up about ...

After dealing in recent posts with such topics as standardized testing, controversies over legislation allowing the teaching of creationism ...

It is a puzzle to me why some people seem so concerned about what other people are doing in the privacy of their own bedrooms. My general ...

As I've mentioned before, I tend to avoid purely political topics, both in Skeptophilia and also in face-to-face discussion.  I simply ...

There's an interesting case being considered this week in Chesterfield County, Virginia.  [ Source ] The county zoning laws require ...