Skeptophilia

Given the other news this week, I think a lot of people have missed the story about a vote on a resolution in the United Nations, to wit, th...

My mom was a devoutly Christian woman, a staunch Roman Catholic whose go-to strategy for difficult times was "Ask the Holy Spirit for h...

As a further indication of how completely unhinged our country is becoming, there is a resolution before the county commission in Blount Co...

UPDATE:  I'm deleting this post.  Turns out, I (and millions of others, including the editorial staff of USA Today ) were the victims of...

I guess it was too much to hope for that the opponents of marriage equality would say, "Oh.  I guess it's the law of the land now, ...

Today I am off to the wedding of one of my oldest and dearest friends (and long-standing partner-in-crime), who is finally able to marry her...

Most of you probably know that the United States Supreme Court is likely to announce a decision on the federal legalization of same-sex marr...