Skeptophilia

In its seven-year run, Star Trek: The Next Generation  had some awe-inspiring and brilliantly creative moments.  "The Inner Light,...

Today, from the "Who Could Have Predicted This Besides Everybody?" department, we have: a study by psychologist David Blanchflower...

I'm a big fan of the band OneRepublic, but I don't think any of their songs has struck me like their 2018 hit "Connection....

When I was a kid, the high point of school was when we got the monthly Scholastic Book Club listings. The opportunity to pick out a handful ...

I have been following, from some distance, the hue-and-cry over Simone Biles's removing herself from competition on the U.S. Olympic gym...

I have a friend whom I frequently take out for walks.  I'll call him Jim.  Jim doesn't have it easy; he's of normal intelligence...

I suppose it's a good sign when what I write grabs me by the emotions and swings me around, and it bodes well for the story having the s...

While I don't want to excuse mental laziness, I think it's understandable sometimes if laypeople come to the conclusion that for eve...

Following hard on the heels of yesterday's post about the horrifying suicide rate in the United States, and that overhauling mental heal...

What do you hear about more on the news, homicides in the United States, or suicides in the United States? Unless you're watching dras...