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One of the most frustrating of logical fallacies is the No True Scotsman fallacy. It gets its name from an almost certainly apocryphal story...

Dear readers: I am going to take a long-overdue two-week break from writing here at Skeptophilia , so this will be my last post until Thursd...

In today's contribution from the Department of Specious Statistics, the owner of a biblical timeline business and self-proclaimed mathem...

I've tended to shy away from posting about creationists lately. For one thing, I've said all I really intend to say on the subject...

I guess Ken Ham is finally seeing the handwriting on the wall with respect to "Ark Encounter," his $92 million temple to young-Ear...

Because clearly the news hasn't been surreal enough lately, today we have: an Australian geologist is suing the U. S. National Parks Ser...

It has gotten lately that I can't look at the news without repeatedly screaming, "What the hell is wrong  with you people?" ...

Of all of the things to be appalled about over the last few days -- and there is a wide selection to choose from, something for everyone -- ...

I have some friends who are currently trying to kill me. At least, that's the only interpretation I can put on the fact that their Chr...

One of the most wonderful moments in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy  occurs when Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent ...

So yesterday, Ken Ham's flagship project Ark Encounter  opened with much fanfare, thus proving that it takes $102 million dollars and a ...