Skeptophilia

In yet another pointless, heartless, and cruel move by the Trump administration, a budget proposal includes a directive by the Department of...

Here's a hypothetical for you. There's a therapeutic practice being proposed for widespread use.  It has the following drawbacks: it...

A friend of mine quipped that Republicans are the party that believes your rights begin at conception and end at birth. Yeah, I know, I know...

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...

Today I'm going to take a detour from my usual fare and tell you about a former student of mine, a young man named Justin. I first met...

In a study released last week by a team of psychologists working at the University of British Columbia, we find that in an extensive survey ...

There's nothing like the tragic death of a celebrity to bring out the worst in humanity. I'm talking about the suicide of Robin W...

Sometimes I run into a story that infuriates the absolute hell out of me. Most of the time, I can maintain a sense of perspective about th...

I am astonished, sometimes, at how little it takes to generate a conspiracy theory. Of course, at the bottom of it always has to be someon...