Skeptophilia

New from the “You’ll Think I’m Joking, But I’m Not” department, I have received word that the Calvary Episcopal Church in Danvers, Massachus...

I'm not a big believer in schadenfreude  -- taking pleasure in other people's misfortune.  The habit of compassion is just too stron...

Some years ago, I remember being struck by a quote about democracy from C. S. Lewis when I read his book The Weight of Glory .  While I don...

As a science teacher, one of the things I find fascinating and perplexing is the phenomenon of innumeracy . An innumerate person is someon...

Most of you probably know the name of Martin Shkreli , the pharmaceuticals executive who became notorious for raising the price of an anti-H...

In our ongoing effort to consider weird things people believe, today we have: the veneration of Jesus's foreskin. If you've never ...

When I read woo-woo conspiracy nonsense, one of the first things I often do is to shout at the computer, "Learn some damn science, will...