Skeptophilia

Something that really grinds my gears is how quick people can be to trumpet their own ignorance, seemingly with pride. I recall being in a s...

One of the most interesting figures from English history is King Henry II, who ruled from 1154 until his death in 1189. Henry was the first ...

In John Neufeld's novel Sleep, Two, Three, Four! ,  the United States has become a fascist dictatorship, run by President Wagenson, who ...

One of the most maddening things about this administration -- and there are many options to choose from -- is the insidious way they're ...

George Orwell, in his classic book 1984 , writes characters who speak a dialect of English called " Newspeak ." The "Minitr...

Because we evidently needed another reason to facepalm over a Trump appointee, today we consider: John Fleming, assistant secretary for heal...

Skepticism often requires maneuvering your way through equal and opposite pitfalls.  As I frequently say to my classes, gullibility and cyni...

The alien conspiracy theorists and cover-up-o-philes must have experienced a serious "WTF?" moment after the release a week ago of...

The transition of a culture into fascism is seldom sudden.  It's a slow slide, urged forward by fear and xenophobia, and often catalyzed...

One of the things I've never understood is the certainty a lot of people have that the universe is designed in such a way as to line up ...

In the latest from the Quick Comeuppance department, we have news that only three days after the Supreme Court sided 5-4 with the town of Gr...

One of the most chilling tropes in my all-time favorite television series, The X Files , was the idea that the individuals involved in the c...