Skeptophilia

In the brilliant, funny, thought-provoking, and often poignant television series The Good Place , a character named Simone, who is an Austra...

I've recognized for some time that I'm very sound-sensitive.  When I'm around loud, chaotic noise for too long, I get a little f...

As a fiction writer, I'm frequently asked where I get the ideas for my stories.  I sometimes respond, "Being dropped on your head a...

Despite being a 30-year veteran teacher of what is referred to as a "core" discipline -- science -- I have always been vociferous...

I'm a pretty emotional guy, and one of the things that never fails to get me is music.  Among the musical moments that always grab me by...