Skeptophilia

One of the main reasons I recommend rationalism for everyone is that humans are really, really suggestible. Once strong emotions are engaged...

A while back I wrote about the rather terrifying idea of the "Great Filter" -- that life, especially sentient life, might be rare...

If there's one word related to health issues that makes me want to scream obscenities, it's the word "toxin." This term ge...

Back in the fifth century C. E., things had been looking pretty hopeless for the Jewish people in the Middle East for nearly three centuries...

I've played English country dance music for years.  It's a lovely repertoire, and playing for dances creates a wonderful synergy of ...

In Paul McCaw's musical comedy The Trumpets of Glory , angels back various causes on Earth as a kind of competitive contest.  Anything f...

I remember a few years ago noticing something odd.  While eating breakfast on work days, I'd finish, and always give a quick glance up a...