Skeptophilia

In the past few years, the religious right has cultivated an attitude of persecution amongst its followers.  It's worked; we hear over a...

A couple of days ago, it was "Heterosexual Pride Day," which gave me an opportunity to reflect on the long, hard road I've ha...

When I wrote last year about ISIS's systematic destruction of the archeological treasure-trove in Palmyra, Syria , one of my readers sta...

My dad used to say that ignorance was only skin deep, but stupid goes all the way to the bone. There's a lot to that.  Ignorance can b...

I am often stunned by the level of credulity exhibited by some folks. Take, for example, the incident that occurred a few days ago at a f...

A few days ago, Neil Gaiman wrote the following perceptive words : I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough) yesterday whi...

It's the last week of June, and I just wrapped up another school year.  My 29th overall, which still seems kind of impossible to me unti...